Ensinger (company)

The Ensinger Group is engaged in the development and manufacture of compounds, semi-finished products, technical parts, composite materials and profiles made of engineering and high-performance plastics. The family-owned enterprise is represented in major industrial regions with manufacturing facilities or sales offices. The main office is located in Nufringen/Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Ensinger GmbH
TypeGmbH
IndustryPlastics processing
Founded1966
FounderWilfried Ensinger
Headquarters
Nufringen
,
Germany
Key people
Ralph Pernizsak (MD)
Roland Reber (MD)
ProductsSemi-finished engineering plastics, finished parts, profiles, compounds
Revenue457 million EUR[1]
Number of employees
2,690[1]
Websiteensingerplastics.com

History

The company was founded in 1966 by Wilfried Ensinger.[2] First areas of focus included the manufacture and sale of thermoplastic engineering plastics. Closely linked with this technology, the company worked on further development of the extrusion process and application technology. A short time after relocation of the headquarters to Nufringen, Ensinger launched the production of components manufactured by machining semi-finished products. In 1977, the company dispatched its first volume-produced thermal insulating profiles made of glass fibre-reinforced polyamide 6.6 to manufacturers of aluminium windows.[3] A second plant was erected in 1980 in Cham/Bavaria. After the launch of other product lines, Ensinger founded a number of additional subsidiaries in Europe,[4][5] North America,[6][7] South America and Asia. Since 2007 the company has been present in China with its own production facility.[8]

Business field

The products are used in a wide variety of industrial sectors, including mechanical engineering, in the automotive and aviation industry and in medical technology.[9] The technical solutions based on thermoplastic polymers are also very common in the food industry and in electrical and semiconductor technology. In many cases, high -performance plastics replace other materials such as metals or ceramics. The segment disc distance made of insulating plastic for insulating glass was sold to the Fenzi Group in 2019.[10]

Locations

The company group employs a total workforce of ca. 2,700 in 33 locations.

Production sites
  • Nufringen, Germany
  • Cham, Germany
  • Rottenburg-Ergenzingen, Germany
  • Seewalchen, Austria[11]
  • Otelfingen, Switzerland[12]
  • Beynost, France
  • Olcella di Busto Garolfo, Italy
  • Tonyrefail, Wales, UK[13]
  • Bridgwater, UK
  • Rossendale, UK[14]
  • Washington, Pennsylvania, USA[15][16]
  • Grenloch, New Jersey, USA
  • Greenwood, Delaware, USA
  • Putnam, Connecticut, USA[17]
  • Houston, Texas, USA[18]
  • Huntersville, North Carolina, USA[19]
  • Sao Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • Song Jiang, Shanghai, China
  • Johor, Malaysia

The company also owns subsidiaries in Denmark, Poland, Sweden, Spain, Czech Republic, Turkey, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, India, Taiwan and South Korea.[20]

Business segments

To process the thermoplastic polymers, Ensinger uses a number of production methods, in particular compounding, extrusion, machining, injection moulding, casting, sintering and compression molding.

The spectrum of materials used ranges from engineering plastics (such as PA, PET and POM) through to the category of highly temperature-resistant high-performance plastics (such as PEEK,[21] PPS, and PI).

Thermoplastic polymer products are used in different fields, including the automotive and aerospace industries, mechanical engineering, medical technology,[22][23] the electrical and semiconductor sectors and food industry.

On 1 February 2022, it was announced Ensinger had concluded a joint agreement to acquire INEOS Styrolution's StyLight thermoplastic composite materials business.[24]

References
  1. Bundesanzeiger: Konzernabschluss zum Geschäftsjahr vom 1. April 2019 bis zum 31. März 2020
  2. "Ensinger Celebrates 50 Years | USGlass Magazine & USGNN Headline News". www.usglassmag.com. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  3. "High-profile insulation – Interview with Wilfried Ensinger to mark 40 years of insulbar". glassonweb.com. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  4. "Ensinger Precision Engineering - MediWales". www.mediwales.com. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  5. "Half century of activity, 25 years in Italy". www.macplas.it. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  6. "Ensinger Industries, Inc. acquires Penn Fibre Plastics, Inc. and A. L. Hyde Company: Plastic Distributor & Fabricator". www.plasticsmag.com. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  7. "Ensinger to build new facility in North Strabane". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  8. "ENSINGER: Expansion of injection moulding and machining capacity / New plant in Ergenzingen / Production facility in China | Plasteurope.com". www.plasteurope.com. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  9. Schäfer, Kathrin. "Halbzeugeauf ihre Biokompatibilität prüfen". www.devicemed.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  10. "Ensinger plant Verkauf des Geschäftsbereichs Thermix | Ensinger". www.ensingerplastics.com. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  11. "Ensinger opens Austrian subsidiary and invests in UK site". Plastics News Europe. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  12. Editor, Plastics com (2017-05-15). "Ensinger Acquires Swiss Composite Specialist Next Composites". plastics.com. Retrieved 2019-03-25. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  13. Williamson, David (2006-01-14). "Ensinger founder opens engineer's £5m HQ". walesonline. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  14. Taylor, Leanne (2014-11-24). "Ensinger acquires British specialist supplier Elekem". British Plastics and Rubber. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  15. "Ensinger to stay in North Strabane - Washington County Chamber of Commerce". www.washcochamber.com. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  16. "Ensinger expansion project progresses - Washington County Chamber of Commerce". www.washcochamber.com. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  17. "Putnam Precision Molding - Putnam Precision Molding specializes in custom injection modular molding of close tolerance engineered resins of mechanical drive components." directory.packagingdigest.com. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  18. "Ensinger Special Polymers Inc". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  19. https://www.ensingerplastics.com/en-us/press-and-news/press-releases/ensinger-acquires-assets-of-poly-tech-industrial. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. "Locations | Ensinger". www.ensingerplastics.com. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  21. Kumar, Amit; Yap, Wai Teng; Foo, Soo Leong; Lee, Teck Kheng (2018-02-21). "Effects of Sterilization Cycles on PEEK for Medical Device Application". Bioengineering. 5 (1): 18. doi:10.3390/bioengineering5010018. ISSN 2306-5354. PMC 5874884. PMID 29466289.
  22. Group, Techbriefs Media. "Three Criteria for Materials in Application Development". www.medicaldesignbriefs.com. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  23. GmbH, finanzen net. "Global Medical Plastics Market2 - Key Playerd are Lubrizol, Ensinger, Celanese, Trinseo, BASF and Arkema | Markets Insider". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  24. "Ensinger acquires StyLight from INEOS Styrolution". Interplas Insights. 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2022-02-01.


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