WINTERSTEIGER Business Fields_EN -4118

Business Unit SEEDMECH

Business Unit SEEDMECH The Business Area: WINTERSTEIGER is a manufacturer of machines for agricultural field trials: developing, producing and selling machines used to breed, test and grow seeds and to examine the use of fertilizers and pesticides. WINTERSTEIGER sees itself as a full service provider and is the world leader in this field.

The Market: Potential customers include companies and institutions that deal with seed topics as well as organizations that supply others with equipment to conduct such activities.

The Product Range: Our product portfolio includes combines for threshing plots and seed increases as well as for drill sowing or precision spaced planting for plot sowing. Laboratory equipment is available for threshing single ears and bundles, for shelling corn and for dressing seeds. Fertilizer spreaders and crop protection products as well as software for planting and harvesting complete the portfolio.

Our Core Competencies: ■■ Trial planning (planning of sub-plots) ■■ Mix-free sowing with quick seed changing ■■ Flexible precision-spaced planting for seeds of different shape and size ■■ Mix-free harvesting of small plots or small amounts ■■ Data collection and data management

Business Unit SPORTS

Business Unit SPORTS The Business Area: WINTERSTEIGER is a system supplier for ski service shops and rental stations as well as ski depots.

We also equip the racing departments of ski manufacturers and national ski associations. Systems for hygienic drying of sports goods and of work clothes as well as fit-optimizing solutions and individual sports shoe adjustments complete the product range.

The Market: Sports retailers, sports store chains, central service workshops, rental businesses in winter sports destinations, ski and snowboard manufacturers, ski associations.

The Product Range: ■■ Ski service machines (base repair, base grinding, edge grinding, waxing) ■■ Test devices for ski bindings, shop facilities and software for renting out sports equipment ■■ Machine and workshop accessories, and consumables for all products listed ■■ Special service machines for ski racing ■■ Systems for hygienic drying of sports goods and work clothes ■■ Shoe insoles, sports socks, foam liners including devices for analysis and customization ■■ Shoe and glove dryers along with heatable insoles

Our Core Competencies: ■■ Precise, simultaneous grinding of different materials (ski bases = steel and synthetics) ■■ Precise structured finishing of synthetics (ski bases) ■■ Modular machine concepts for the continuous machining of workpieces (skis, snowboards) ■■ Software solutions for managing rental operations ■■ Process and implementation know-how of rental and service stations for sports equipment

Business Unit WOODTECH

Business Unit WOODTECH The Business Area: The main focus of WOODTECH is on quality thin-cutting characterized by minimal kerf at highest precision.

WINTERSTEIGER thin-cutting solutions are used not only in the traditional industry WOOD but for all materials with characteristics similar to wood. Another business area is the semi or fully automatical filling of damaged areas in wood. The machines are distributed as “Timber Repair & Cosmetics” (TRC) machines.

WINTERSTEIGER manufactures machines, systems and even high-quality tools.

The Market: The main market is the wood-processing industry, in particular the parquet industry. WINTERSTEIGER products are also used wherever wood or wood-like materials need to be cut economically. We have customers all over the world.

The Product Range: WINTERSTEIGER provides its customers with machines in 3 fields: ■■ Thin-cutting band saws ■■ Thin-cutting frame saws and ■■ Saw blades for wood and food ■■ Saw reconditioning machines ■■ TRC machines

We also supply our customers with brand tools (WINTERSTEIGER & BANSO) of our own development and production.

Our Core Competencies: ■■ Quality thin-cutting (kerf starting at 0.7 mm) with highest surface quality and cutting precision ■■ Manufacturing of frame saws and band saws for various applications ■■ Development of individual system solutions for customer-specific requirements as to machinery, equipment and tools ■■ Semi or fully automatical wood surface repair

Business Unit METAL

Business Unit METAL The Business Area: METAL stands for machines and solutions in the field of levelling technology as well as sheet metal deburring machines. The purchase of the KOHLER Maschinenbau GmbH, Germany (2011), and the PAUL ERNST Maschinenfabrik GmbH (Germany, 2014) marked the addition of this new business area.

The Market: Automotive, electronics, metal and household appliances sectors

The Product Range: ■■ Levelling machines for parts and strips and feed levelling units ■■ Camber levelling machines ■■ Cutting lines, shears and stacking units ■■ Coilers, strip washing machines ■■ Maschines for sheet metal deburring ■■ Special solutions

Our Core Competencies: ■■ Levelling technology for the steel sheet processing industry ■■ Design and production of strip feeding lines for presses and punchingmachines ■■ Machines for sheet metal deburring machines, edgerounding and oxid removal

Business Unit AUTOMATION

Business Unit AUTOMATION The Business Area: Since the acquisition of its majority share in VAP Gruber Automations GmbH in 2012, WINTERSTEIGER offers in its business area AUTOMATION individual solutions for industrial manufacturing companies.

The Market: Automotive, aviation, train building, shipbuilding, wood and construction industries, also special requests

The Product Range: System solutions for: ■■ Flooring, multilayer boards and window manufacturing ■■ Pallet and box manufacturing, ■■ Automotive and aviation industries ■■ Train building and shipbuilding ■■ Special solutions

Our Core Competencies: ■■ Plants and automation solutions for industrial manufacturing companies