FANUC ROBOCUT Machines Underpin Success at Leading Injection Mould Manufacturer

“My father scolded me and said I was crazy to pay over a million Austrian schillings for a machine but it really turbocharged our business,” he says. “We were already eroding for customers while training took place.” 

In the early days, Josef slept next to the FANUC TAPE CUT H machine at his facility in Nußbach, Austria, only waking to change and rethread the wire.

He often took his young son Mario to the factory, where his fascination for FANUC wire EDM machines quickly grew. Today, Mario is the Managing Director and CEO of the company.

“Wire erosion was the key to our early success,” states Mario. “With FANUC wire EDM machines, we moved more and more into toolmaking and now we are the market leader in the production of injection moulds for various packaging and logistics solutions, including beverage crates, folding crates and pallet boxes, to list but a few.”

“As a group we remain at the forefront of new technologies,” says Mario. “Only recently we invested in two new FANUC ROBOCUT wire EDM machines (𝛼-C800𝑖B/500 and 𝛼-C600𝑖B/400 models), which are now in operation and fully integrated into our digital workflow at Nußbach. The new machines were in operation within two days – set up and staff trained. That’s sensational! Our goal is to become the best toolmaker in the world and therefore we need the right partners. Our co-operation with FANUC is excellent.”