Extrusion International 6-2018

17 Extrusion International 6/2018 www.maag.com GEAR PUMPS, FILTRATION, PELLETIZING AND PULVERIZING SYSTEMS MAAG – 4 STEPS AHEAD FOR YOUR SUCCESS Production Capacity outside Germany expanded ILLIG, the German machinery manufacturer, will build a new production site in Romania. During the next few years ILLIG Maschinenbau SRL will develop into a further production site outside Germany locat- ed in Sura Mica industrial park in the Sibiu region. „At the new site ILLIG will be manufacturing thermoform- ing lines from its product range to ensure increasing market demands can be met“, Dr. Heinrich Sielemann, ILLIG managing director, substantiates the expansion. In 2019, the first office buildings and production halls will be constructed in a first construction phase on a surface of 60,000 square meters. On-site personnel re- cruitment was started with the intent to prepare the new staff members at the Heilbronn central site for their new tasks. Moreover, ILLIG intends to sustain- ably become involved in the training of qualified staff on site. The existing Romanian dual vocational train- ing system and a cooperation with the Sibiu University are suitable options to achieve this goal. During the last few years the Sibiu region developed into one of the fastest growing economic centers of Romania. Many German and Austrian companies have settled in Sibiu, the former Hermannstadt. The city has a population of around 150,000 inhabitants and it is optimally linked to the most important long-distance connections by road, railroad and air. ILLIG Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG www.illig.de Figure showing assembly department of ILLIG Maschinenbau, Heilbronn, Germany. The Sibiu assembly department will be built in the same way