Wemhöner: for the first time in 2013 achieved sales of over Eur 100 million

The Herford/Germany based company for machinery and equipment Wemhöner Surface Technologies, which has production facilities in Herford/Germany and Changzhou/China, enters the new year, its 89^th, with well-filled order books.
The main reason for this has been good order inflow for its core product, short-cycle press lines for decorative finishing of timber products used in the furniture and laminate flooring industries. Just before Christmas, the 500^th order for the Wemhöner short-cycle press line came in. It goes to the Kronospan Group which needs it for their new plant in Belarus. 
Only last spring the 50^th short-cycle press line was sold to Turkey, a transaction completed together with the company’s partner Gim Export of Göttingen/Germany. Also the other product lines, such as machines for 3D finishing of furniture fronts, have sold above average.
In the innovative Digital Printing Lines market segment, highly promising concepts are being offered to the market now. The division of equipment for the manufacture of photovoltaic elements has also received orders for the first five machines. The sale of several press lines for the manufacture of door elements was also successful.
All in all, Wemhöner is well-positioned for the future with its product portfolio. Thus, in 2013 the company with its staff of 400 employees (more than 120 of which are located in China) has for the first time achieved sales of over Eur 100 million (2012: Eur 82 million). The good order book position should ensure a similar level of sales in 2014.
Construction is currently underway in Changzhou/China, where an additional production hall with a surface area of about 2,000 sqm will finally fill up the existing plot of land; more construction work is to follow in 2014 in Herford/Germany, where several hundred square metres of office space will be built.