New subsidiaries and local branches in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Korea and Philippines.
Machinery manufacturer W&H is significantly enhancing its local presence in Asia-Pacific: With the beginning of 2019 W&H has opened fully owned subsidiaries with local service and support teams in Jakarta, Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and soon in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Customers in Korea and the Philippines will be supported by branch offices managed by W&H. The specialist for machines for flexible packaging has been present in the Asian-Pacific Market for more than 40 years.
The regional headquarter of Windmoeller & Hoelscher Asia-Pacific Co., Ltd. was established in Bangkok in 1996, followed by W&H Asia in Hongkong in 1998, W&H Australasia in 2008 and Windmoeller & Hoelscher Machinery (Taicang) Co., Ltd. in 2014.
For decades W&H has built up its own sales and service business in Asia Pacific. Today the WHAP team consists of more than 130 people, among them more than 65 service technicians who support with technical solutions, maintenance and spare part services.
Michael Fischer, CEO Asia-Pacific concludes: “W&H is investing significantly into the new regional structure to support our customers even better across the entire machine portfolio and life-cycle and we will grow our footprint in Asia-Pacific to the next level.”
About Windmöller & Hölscher:
Windmöller & Hölscher, a family owned company, is world leader for machinery and systems for the manufacturing and converting of flexible packaging.
The product portfolio includes high-performance machines for film extrusion, printing and converting. As a global company W&H offers its clients everything from a single source: from expert consultation and engineering to the delivery of high quality machines and complete packaging production lines. Approximately 2,950 employees create optimal solutions for the individual production tasks of flexible packaging producers – bringing the corporate philosophy “Passion for innovation“ to life.
Machines by Windmöller & Hölscher are in use in over 130 countries and by more than 5,000 customers. In 2017 the Windmöller & Hölscher Group with its headquarters in Lengerich, Germany reached sales of approximately 835 Mio. EUR.
