Maschinenfabrik Berthold Hermle : C 400 | RS 2 robot system | Faigle | Thermoplastics

From the left: Gregor Rofner, Maschinenfabrik Berthold Hermle AG Austria, with the team from faigle Industrieplast GmbH: Standing next to one of the operators is Purchasing Manager Peter Ritter, Managing Director Marco Blum and Peter Mayr, Team Leader in CNC Machining.

As one of only a few companies, faigle Industrieplast GmbH specialises exclusively in the machining of plastics. The member of the faigle group of companies always aims to be at the cutting edge of technology in terms of complexity and precision. With the first machining centre from Hermle, the plastics expert entered 5-axis technology and automated production in 2020.

If the high expectations prove to be true based on their own experience, it was probably "all in all a good decision", as Peter Ritter, Purchasing Manager at faigle Industrieplast GmbH, will say at the end of the interview. But this is not the end, but the beginning of a promising story from Lake Constance in Austria.

It's about faigle, a third-generation family-run group of companies with four locations in Europe and Asia. Since it was founded in 1945 by Heinz Faigle, the faigle group has been involved in the field of plastics. Initially in the form of doll heads and Punch and Judy figures, faigle later specialised in thermoplastics. These are particularly wear-resistant and low-abrasion, do not require lubrication and can also dampen vibrations. "Their properties are as diverse as the industries in which our plastics are used," interjects Peter Ritter. These include highly stressed components for escalators, lifts, intralogistics systems, wagon and track construction as well as hand straps for public transport. As a trader of semi-finished products and as a manufacturer of machined finished parts, the company serves the mechanical and plant engineering industry.

Since 1990, faigle Industrieplast GmbH, a member of the faigle group of companies, has focused on the trade in semi-finished technical products. A lot of materials science, little machining - that changed over time. "After our customers increasingly requested prefabrication, the machining area was set up in-house and steadily expanded," recalls Peter Mayr, team leader in CNC machining at faigle Industrieplast GmbH. In 2013, the company officially entered subcontracting and has since been milling gearwheels, seal sets, switch bushings or entire assemblies to order. "With us, the customer gets everything from one source: From expertise, which material is ideal for its application, to the ready-to-install part," says Mayr.