New managing director for Engel in Mexico

Hector Moreno hat die Geschäftsführung von Engel de Mexico S.A. de C.V. übernommen. / Hector Moreno has become Engel de Mexico S.A. de C.V.'s new managing director.

Hector Moreno has become Engel de Mexico S.A. de C.V.'s new managing director, replacing Peter Auinger, who will be filling a new role within the Engel Group in Asia.

Hector Moreno is a qualified engineer and has many years of sales experience in the plastics industry in Mexico. Before joining Engel he has been in charge of another European machine builder's Mexican sales for 18 years.

Dr Peter Neumann, CEO of Engel Holding in Austria, remarks: "We're delighted to have found a very experienced expert for this strategically important market. Mr Moreno is equally passionate about sales and engineering, and we're sure that, together with his team, he will continue the success story of Engel in Mexico." Among other things, his objectives include the further strengthening of system sales and the further expansion of the local service network, which already saw very strong growth while Peter Auinger was still in charge.

Peter Neumann adds: "We would like to thank Mr Auinger for his excellent work. Engel has been able to make a disproportionately large contribution to the strong growth in the Mexican injection moulding industry and increase its market share continuously over the last few years." Investments by international car companies have more than anything else made the market so dynamic, but investments in the packaging, telecommunications and the consumer electronics industries have also played a major role. 

Engel Austria has had a subsidiary in Mexico since 1996. In 2010, the premises were moved from Mexico City to Querétaro and significantly expanded. Querétaro is one of the country's most important centres for the plastics industry. Engel de Mexico is not just a sales and service site with an extensive spare parts warehouse, but also a training site. The large, well equipped technical centre is used for seminars and conferences as well as for customer tests and mould trials.