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ENGEL and TMA have been working closely together for many years, providing customers with comprehensive solutions for the automation of plastic injection processes. From 25.01.2022 ENGEL becomes the majority shareholder of TMA AUTOMATION and together with the current shareholders: Marek Łangowski and Piotr Orlikowski will be involved in the joint development of the company. TMA remains and will continue to grow as an independent brand as it has been until now. Thanks to the ENGEL Group, TMA will gain worldwide access to customers looking for TMA AUTOMATION solutions, including IML robots and the entire range of the so-called "Downstream automation", i.e. production automation after the injection process, including take-out and inserting robots, visual quality control systems, stacking, packaging robots, palletizing systems as well as robotization of intralogistics based on AGV / AMV robots. 

One of ENGEL’s strategic focuses is Poland and the neighboring eastern European countries. "TMA's technologies perfectly complement ENGEL's in-house spectrum of robots and automation components", as Walter Aumayr, Vice President Automation and Peripheral Units of the ENGEL Group confirms. In cooperation with the strategic investor, ENGEL, TMA AUTOMATION can push forward with its growth targets. A site has already been purchased in Gdansk in order to start building a new office and production facility in the near future. "As a location, Gdansk, with its good infrastructure and large number of technical universities in the surrounding area, is the ideal starting position for excellent access to a qualified expert workforce", says Aumayr. "We will also be expanding the workforce at the new Gdansk facility".

Marek Łangowski – President of the Board TMA AUTOMATION - distinguishes another important factor of ENGEL & TMA jointcooperation : the possibility of extensive and global use of TMA research and development results, including in the field of implementing automation with the use of magnetic driven robots”. TMA has already successfully implementation cases with this highly innovative and future solutionthat introduces up to 30% energy savings.

“New, more comprehensive and larger inquiries / projects will be available for TMA from now on. Organizational, financial and sales support will contribute to the acquisition of even more interesting projects and will guarantee the rapid but sustainable development of TMA "adds Piotr Orlikowski – Vice president TMA AUTOMATION responsible for sales & technology.

The two company founders, Marek Łangowski and Piotr Orlikowski together with ENGEL are staying as shareholders of TMA and They will continue to manage the company. Walter Aumayr reinforces the management team as a third managing director.

About investor:
ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH from Schwertberg/Austria -a family owned business founded in 1945, managed by the 4th generation of the founders, with worldwideappearance, 6400 employees and turn over c.a. 1,1 billion EUR -is the global leading player in the area of manufacturing plastic processing machines.

About TMA: 
The TMA AUTOMATION Sp. z o.o. company from Gdynia/Poland, was founded in 2010 by Marek Łangowski and Piotr Orlikowski and now is a 40-person engineering company with an annual turnover of approx. 2.5 million. EUR, dealing with the design, construction and implementation of robots, dedicated automation and robotization for IML technology.