A FOOTHOLD IN THE RUSSIAN MARKET

FILL Machine Engineering Media Service December 2013   Industry/Machine Engineering/Woodworking/Trade Fair   A foothold in the Russian market  Extremely high-performance systems for efficient multilayer board production lend wings to Fill in the enormous Russian market.   Highly efficient solutions for cost-effective production of CLT elements – Fill caused a real stir with these at the Woodex trade fair from 26 to 29 November in Moscow. Maximum material usage in all production stages ensures a decisive advantage. The Fill production systems impress with high flexibility and extraordinary productivity. The many trade visitors to the Fill exhibition stand were able to see this for themselves. Demand in the Russian market for efficient multilayer board production systems is rising steeply.   Gurten, December 16th 2013 – "The Woodex in Moscow is Russia´s most important timber machinery trade fair. Everyone who´s anyone in the industry is represented there. All the more pleasing that we succeeded in scoring so highly there with our efficient CLT production systems. This strengthens our position in the enormous Russian market and opens up a wealth of opportunities for the future," reports Erwin Altendorfer, Manager of the Wood Competence Center at Fill. The high level of demand from the Russian woodworking industry was evident in the plentiful and interesting discussions.   "Made in Austria" quality highly sought after Longstanding expertise coupled with innovative technologies and continuous research allow Fill to repeatedly offer new, efficient solutions for wood machining and processing. The design, development, and installation of complete systems for high-quality multilayer board production is one of the Upper Austrian machine engineering experts´ core areas of expertise. And this expertise is highly sought after in Russia. The demand for CLT elements is increasing continuously. Thanks to wealth of wood commodities available in the country, this trend is set to strengthen even further in coming years.   Accompanying trade conference Parallel to Woodex, an extremely well-attended trade conference of the wood machining and processing industry was held in Moscow. As keynote speakers, Erwin Altendorfer and René Brückl from Fill addressed the subjects of modern CLT and 3-layer board production. In doing so, they impressively substantiated the Austrian company´s expertise in the field of systems and machine engineering. Fill Machine Engineering supplies tailor-made production systems for everything from cut timber to finished wall elements – all from a single source.    Corporate data Fill is a leading international machine and plant manufacturing company for diverse branches of industry. The family-owned business excels in the use of the latest technologies in management, communication, and production. Business operations encompass the fields of metal, plastics and wood for the automotive, aircraft, wind energy, sport and building industries. The company is the global market leader in ski and snowboard production machines and aluminum core removal technology. Andreas Fill and Wolfgang Rathner are joint CEOs of the company founded in 1966 that is still completely family-owned. The company became a public limited company (GmbH) in 1987, was certified in accordance with ISO 9001 in 1997, and now has more than 590 employees.   Further information can be found at: www.fill.co.at If you have any questions, please contact:   Kommhaus  Altausseer Strasse 220  8990 Bad Aussee / Austria Tel.: +43 3622 55344-0 Fax: +43 3622 55344-17