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

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, Germany.

History

The company was founded in 1966 by Wilfried Ensinger. First areas of focus included the manufacture and sale of

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s. Closely linked with this technology, the company worked on further development of the

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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. A second plant was erected in 1980 in

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/Bavaria. After the launch of other product lines, Ensinger founded a number of additional subsidiaries in Europe, North America, South America and Asia. Since 2007 the company has been present in China with its own production facility.

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. 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.

Locations

The company group employs a total workforce of ca. 2,600 in 33 locations.

Production sites

* Nufringen, Germany * Cham, Germany * Rottenburg-Ergenzingen, Germany * Seewalchen, Austria * Otelfingen, Switzerland * Beynost, France * Olcella di Busto Garolfo, Italy * Tonyrefail, Wales, UK * Bridgwater, UK * Rossendale, UK * Washington, Pennsylvania, USA * Grenloch, New Jersey, USA * Greenwood, Delaware, USA * Putnam, Connecticut, USA * Houston, Texas, USA * Huntersville, North Carolina, USA * 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.

Business segments

To process the thermoplastic polymers, Ensinger uses a number of production methods, in particular

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machining Machining is a process in which a material (often metal) is cut to a desired final shape and size by a controlled material-removal process. The processes that have this common theme are collectively called subtractive manufacturing, which utilizes ...

injection moulding Injection moulding (U.S. spelling: injection molding) is a manufacturing process for producing parts by injecting molten material into a mould, or mold. Injection moulding can be performed with a host of materials mainly including metals (for ...

, casting,

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and

compression molding Compression molding is a method of molding in which the molding material, generally preheated, is first placed in an open, heated mold cavity. The mold is closed with a top force or plug member, pressure is applied to force the material int ...

. The spectrum of materials used ranges from engineering plastics (such as PA,

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and POM) through to the category of highly temperature-resistant

high-performance plastics High-performance plastics are plastics that meet higher requirements than ''standard'' or ''engineering'' plastics. They are more expensive and used in smaller amounts. Definition High performance plastics differ from standard plastics and eng ...

(such as

PEEK Polyether ether ketone (PEEK) is a colourless organic thermoplastic polymer in the polyaryletherketone (PAEK) family, used in engineering applications. The polymer was first developed in November 1978, later being introduced to the market by Vic ...

, PPS, and PI).

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products are used in different fields, including the automotive and aerospace industries, mechanical engineering, medical technology, the electrical and semiconductor sectors and food industry. On 1 February 2022, it was announced Ensinger had concluded a joint agreement to acquire

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's ''StyLight'' thermoplastic composite materials business.

References

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External links

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