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ENGEL brings together what belongs together: machines, solutions, technolo-gies, and experts - because
only together the plastics industry will continue to be innovative and successful.

EngelNGEL invites customers to join themvisit its exhibits at NPE2024 in Orlando, Florida, from May 6 to
10, where the company unites machinery, solutions, technologies, and expertise to drive innovation and
success. Visitors are invited to explore how ENGEL can empower its customers' workforce, enhance
production effi-ciency, and drive forward sustainable initiatives.

aAddresses ing critical challenges faced by plastic processors across industries., their Its exhibits
showcase solutions to elevatefor operations across automotive, teletronics, technical molding,
packaging, and medical sectors. Each exhibit features one of Engel’s injection molding machines available
to the North American market. The company offers all-electric, servo-hydraulic and two-platen
machines. With a focus on sustaina-ble practices, readily available stock machines, digitalization for
smart facto-ries, and comprehensive training programs, ENGEL is committed to providing customers with
a competitive edge.

Engel additionally highlights its training programs and digital automation solutions — designed to
overcome challenges introduced by the industry’s shortage of skilled labor — as well as its commitment
to sustainability and a circular plastics economy.

Master the skilled labor challenge

Many production companies face a shortage of experienced staff in operating plastics pro-cessing
equipment. This often results in inefficiencies, errors, and increased waste. ENGEL provides certified
training programs and advanced digital and automation solutions to over-come these challenges. Its
comprehensive training courses cover all aspects of equipment operation, equipping molders with the
necessary skills. In addition, ENGEL's digital solutions are designed to support and alleviate the
workforce's workload, assisting with part design, mold sampling, production, maintenance, and service
support. By leveraging these digital solu-tions, customers can optimize productivity and enhance quality
while enabling machines to handle more tasks. ENGEL also designs and manufactures critical
components for the auto-mation of injection molding cells. That includes linear and articulated robots,
peripheral and conveyor technology as well as grippers and safety guards. With ENGEL's support, the
skilled labor shortage should not obstruct progress.

ENGEL gets its customers up and running

ENGEL is renowned for its injection molding machines. While their flexibility and performance are
unmatched when it comes to custom machines, ENGEL will highlight its extensive selec-tion of standard
machines in the USA, Canada, and Mexico. The in-stock supply of UL certified machines means fast
availability for the North American market and competitive pricing that can’t be beaten. Whether it's all-
electric, servo-hydraulic, or two-platen machines, ENGEL has its customers covered.
Pioneer sustainable molding

Recycling is no longer an option but a necessity for plastics processors who want to thrive in the future.
The plastics industry faces increasing pressure to provide sustainable solutions that are environmentally
friendly and economically viable. Thankfully, there is a vast potential of Circular Economy opportunities
for injection molding production. For over 15 years, ENGEL has been developing solutions for sustainable
plastics processing that not only reduce their customers' environmental footprint but also boost their
bottom-line results.

Return to NPE

During the six-year hiatus, ENGEL has fortified and expanded its operations, reinforcing its capacity to
serve its valued customers better. For example, in June of 2023, ENGEL North America announced the
opening of its new, expanded automation center, solidifying its com-mitment to delivering cutting-edge
solutions to the injection molding industry. Additionally, the company has increased its workforce by
more than 50 employees over the past year, leading to a record-breaking number of over 260 employees
in the US and Canada. It has also added a vibrant apprenticeship program to solidify ENGEL's expertise.
President of ENGEL North America, Vanessa Malena, states, "After the show's cancellation in 2021, we're
excited to re-turn to this year's event. ENGEL is set to showcase state-of-the-art machines, automation
solu-tions, and the latest digital products designed to support our customers' production needs. Our
team of experts will be available to discuss sustainability, address circular economy concerns, and dive
into energy-efficiency topics." It's show time! With registration soaring 15% higher than at this point for
NPE2018, according to PLASTICS, ENGEL eagerly anticipates showcas-ing pioneering exhibits tailored to
address the evolving trends in the injection molding industry." I am thrilled to participate in my first NPE,
the largest plastics trade show in the Americas, unit-ing the industry in Orlando, FL. This event provides
an excellent opportunity to connect with customers, partners, and the interested public. You'll
experience a well-rounded product portfo-lio with innovations on machines, robots, inject 4.0, and our
after-service offerings." says Ben-jamin Lettner, Executive Vice President of ENGEL North America.

Exhibit overviewEngel’s seven solution showcases are detailed below:

1. 1. Ee-Mmac Sslim Eedition

The new compact all-electric

Maximum mold space on minimum footprint: ENGELEngel's all-electric Ee-mmac is now available in slim
execution, . This providinges the mosta compact footprint for utilizing production space best.
ENGELEngel will besays that this model exhibiting this new model at NPE2024 for the first time, savesing
its customers up to 16% in overall machine width. The Ee-mmac 1565/310 will produces a technical
molding part, a bottle tray, on a single cavity mold supplied by its long-term partner, Haidlmair.
(Nussbach, Aus-tria).
Despite the reduction in footprint, the generous mold space reportedly remaineds unchanged, providing
enough room for large molds, as shown in this application. Another highlight aspect of this exhibit is
that, the tray is being produced using regrind instead of repelletized materiall, tightening the material
circle even further. Engel claims that aA recycling package consisting of a highly abrasion and corrosion-
resistant screw and a melt filter ensures consistent high process and part quality.

2. Ee-Sspeed 610/90

Maximum packaging performance

The ENGELEngel Ee-sspeed 610/90 is an cutting-edge injection molding machine designed for high-
speed and high-performance production of packaging applications in the plastics industry. Its hybrid
drive concept allows enables extreme injection pressure and speed at very short injection strokes, which
Engel maintains enables it to be used for ing applications with highest demands in injection
performance. This machine features a 4+4 cavity high-speed family stack mold designed for tamper
evident food contain-ers and lids with iIn-mMold lLabelling (IML) and two significantly different shot
sizes, addressing the demand for efficient mass production.

The asynchronous mold carrier system, complemented byalong with an integrated water manifold, ena-
bles simultaneous molding of both containers and lids. According to Engel, tThis efficient system
enhances produc-tivity and streamlines the manufacturing process. The company’s mMold partner, Top
Grade Molds, (Ontario, Canada) also supplies itstheir mModular mMold cChange system, allowing
fordesigned to enable swift product changeo-vers. Automation is provided by Campetella,
(Montecassiano, Italy), vision inspection system by Mevisco (Bremen, Germany), labels by MCC
Verstraete (Maldegem, Belgium), stack mold carrier system by Nexteco, (Ontario, Canada), material
provided by Washington Penn (Auburn Hills/ Michigan, USA), and auxiliary equipment by Frigel
(Scandicci, Italy).

3. Vvictory 330/85

Quick mold changes – A cost-efficient solution also for small machines

ENGELEngel demonstrates how quick and easy mold changes can be on the hydraulic Vvictory 330/85
with a clamping force of 800 kN. The tie-bar-less series is the ideal machine platform for the efficient
production of a large variety of parts, providing more space for tools and easy access.

Roembke Mfg. & Design , Inc. (Ossian/Indiana, USA) provides this cell with the two molds for the
application: salad tongs and a fruit bowl. The mechanical quick clamping system QMC from Stäubli
(Bayreuth, Germany) is used for quick mold changes. Mold identification is carried out by means of RFID.
The machine automatically adopts the correct data set for the mold without any additional adjustment
to the control unit. The material used for this exhibit is HDPE, pro-vided by Shell. (Monaca/Pennsylvania,
USA).

The iQ weight control machine software automatically adjusts the process parameters to batch
fluctuations and changes in ambient conditions, shot by shot. This not only improves part quali-ty during
ongoing production, says the company, but also helps customers get good parts faster after a mold
change. An ENGELEngel Vviper 12 linear robot removes the parts and places them on a conveyor belt.
The end-of-arm tooling is also identified using RFID and exchanged with a quick coupling.

4. Ee-Mmotion 440H/160TWP Ccombi M

Efficient production on compact machine with cube mold

This compact injection molding machine with a horizontal rotary table is designed to boosts shop floor
produc-tivity. With a minimal footprint, two-component diagnostics cartridges are produced in clean-
room conditions on an all-electric high-performance Ee-mmotion injection molding machine
440H/160TWP combi M.

This exhibit is an excellent example of a customized, fully integrated production cell designed for
productivity, ease of operation, and minimal space requirements. The dual face mold, with 32 cavities
each, come from Hack Formenbau (Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany).

In the Ccombi M design, the indexing table divides the injection molding machine's mold closing area in
the center to operate two mold faces in parallel. Engel maintains that tThis makes Ccombi M technology
useful for integrating two-component injection molding and efficiently doubling the output. One injec-
tion unit is fitted on the stationary platen, and the second is on the moving platen.

Two robots work in parallel to manufacture diagnostic cartridges. An ENGELEngel Vviper 20 linear robot
removes the two-component parts and deposits them in trays. Finally, an ENGELEngel Ee-pic pick-and-
place robot covers the fully populated trays with an intermediate layer to stack them in boxes and then
discharge them via a tray server, which is also integrated.

5. Ee-Mmotion 50/30 TL

LSR micro injection molding of almost weightless and invisible parts

Precision components with an individual weight of less than 0.001 grams reliably and accurate-ly
injected - ENGEL and ACH Solution (Fischlham, Austria) make it possible: The perfect inter-action of
theWith a 32-cavity precision mold and a , the micro injection unit and the, the all-electric, tie-bar-less
tie-bar-less, all-electric ENGEL Ee-motion 50/30 TL injection molding machine produces silicone valves
with a part weight of just 0.001 grams.

The all-electric, tie-bar-less Ee-motion TL is designed for special applications with high the highest
demands in precision on both the injection and clamping sides. In addition, a Vviper 12 linear robot by
ENGELEngel, in combination with an optical testing unit by ACH Solution, ensures enables precise
handling and exact quality control of the micro components. ENGELEngel's smart software solution, iQ
weight control, plays a key role in the production process — according to the company,: the self-
optimizing program en-sures highly consistent shot weights despite viscosity differences of the two-
component liquid silicone rubber (LSR) material from Wacker. (Munich, Germany) and is used
successfully in many cases, especially in the processing of elastomers.

6. Dduo 5160/770 WP Ttech US Commented [HZ1]: Unsure if this “US” is short for United
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Demonstrating today’s possibilities in injection molding for tomorrow’s automotive applications: At the
show, ENGELEngel will runruns a servo-hydraulic two-platen Dduo 5160/770 WP tech US machine
showcasing the production and decoration of components with high surface quality. Engel claims that

tThe large mold area, equipped with a sliding table mold provided by Schöfer (Schwertberg, Austria),
offers vast possibilities for extensive automation and technologies. The entire produc-tion operation is
done with one single machine and in one single cycle using the two ENGELEngel application
technologies, Ffoilmelt and Cclearmelt, which the company says resultsing in an efficient and easy-to-
handle process for of producing an automotive front panel.

This exhibit pioneers new approaches in material combinationsendeavors to address current trends in
the automotive industry. It combines bio-renewable and translucent polypropylene from SABIC (Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia) with polyurethane from Ruehl (Friedrichsdorf, Germany), which according to Engel,
resultsing in cost, weight, and sustainability advantages. This achievement is facilitated byAdditionally, an
in-mold decorating (innovative IMD) film from Kurz (Fürth, Germany), which simultaneously provides
design and adhesion be-tween the material partners, making energy-intensive surface treatment
unnecessary. Fur-thermore, ENGELEngel introduces Cannon (Peschiera Borromeo, Italy) as an additional
partner for dosing units.

A streamlinedThis process is designed to merges decoration and scratch-resistant surface creation

through In-Mold Decoration (IMD ) coupled with Polyurethane (PUR) coating. The part is ready for elec-
tromagnetic transparency, near-field screening with RADAR or LiDAR systems and option to integrate
defrosting or capacitive films for additional features. It is a fully integrated production cell with Eeasix
automation, PUR dosing, and a temperature control unit.

7. Tt-Wwin 750/7800

WINTEC t-win - The high-quality workhorse targeting single-component applications

WintecINTEC, a member of the ENGELEngel Group, will showcases a Tt-win 750/7800 (830 U.S. tons),
demonstrating its versatility byit producesing premium garage floor tiles molded entirely from 100%
recycled ocean waste. An integrated ENGELEngel Vviper 40 linear robot completes the seam-less part
take-out.

The servo-hydraulic WINTEC Wintec Tt-win is equipped with an electric screw drive for parallel move-
ments andd the highest energy efficiency. Since its release, Engel claims,
Since its rollout to North America during NPE2018, the machine the t-win has proven itself inbeen used
across the market, particularly in technical and automotive applications. The company maintains that the
Tt-win offers reliable performance, shot consistency, and energy efficiency at the mosta compact
footprint.

iQ weight control is meant to demonstrates how a software can significantly enhance the profitability of
using recycled materials. By ensuring consistent quality and minimizing rejects, iQ weight con-trol
dynamically adjusts the injection profile within each cycle , shot by shot, to maintain a con-stant fill.

WINTEC's Wintec's valued customer, CH3 Solutions (Dalton/Georgia, USA), , supplies the mold for this
cell. The raw material is provided by its partner, Atando Cabos (San Bernardo, Chile), which tackles the
global issue of ocean waste by recycling discarded fishing ropes in Patagonia, shaping industries, and
empowering communities. ExxonMobil (Spring/Texas, USA) provides material and additives for enhanced
processing and part properties.