Despite challenging market conditions, interest in Engcon's products in North America continues to grow. Inquiries increased after a very successful participation at Conexpo, this year's largest trade show held in Las Vegas. The pace of growth means that Engcon North America (Engcon NA) has had to move to new, larger premises to meet the demands of the business with a larger warehouse facility.
The effects of Covid-19 are not over yet, but this summer's sales figures have provided Engcon with a positive outlook. The unexpected increase in sales during the months of June and July mean that Engcon is now overseeing extra efforts to produce and fulfil the delivery of additional orders.
When discussing the benefits of making product improvements and efficiencies the environmental impact is increasingly in focus. Excavators that perform more work with less driving time reduce the environmental impact. In addition, excavators that optimise performance, increase their profitability by undertaking more assignments while reducing the environmental impact of excavation work.
Although the tiltrotator phenomenon has been around for over 30 years, more than 97 percent of the world's excavators still don’t have one. This is despite the fact that it streamlines digging and turns the excavator into an all-round multi-tool. The concept is well established in the Nordics and through Engcon the tiltrotator has gradually extended its reach globally.
All of 2020’s major global machine fairs have either been canceled or postponed – with this in mind, Engcon chose to produce their own live digital broadcast called Engcon 360, covering key products. The production was recorded at Engon’s own “exhibition center” located at the headquarters in Strömsund, Sweden. The live broadcasts were adapted by Engcon staff for their customers in each home marke
Engcon Group achieved net sales of just over SEK 1.3 billion in 2019, an increase of 13 percent on the previous year. As well as seeing 10 years of continuous sales growth, 2019 stands out because of pricing levels, establishing new markets and the roll-out of strategic plans for Engcon’s future. In addition, global demand for Engcon's products continues to rise steadily.
To strengthen its position Engcon are now establishing a sales office in Australia, to support the increase in demand locally for tiltrotators and quick couplers "down under". The new Engcon facility is located in western Sydney and includes technical sales support staff, an administration office, a warehouse, spare parts and servicing. There will also be a demo area where customers can be trained
EC-Oil, Engcon's automatic quick coupler system, when combined with a tiltrotator and hydraulic tools make a huge difference to excavator productivity. Increasing profitability, efficiency and safety for the excavator industry. The benefits are so major that Engcon has decided to make the EC-Oil system available to as many operators as possible by offering it at no extra charge.
The coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19) has developed into a global pandemic, affecting many lives and severely restricting business operations around the world. At a time when many industries need to be up and running to maintain critical infrastructure.
