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For the first time ever, our trade fair team ventured into wintry Russia at the start of 2019: Upakovka, an international trade fair for packaging materials, packaging machines and machines for the production of packaging, was held in Moscow from 29 January to 01 February. “Ded Moroz” (“Grandfather Frost”) lived up to his name greeting us with temperatures as low as -15°C, icy winds and plenty of snow. Yet despite the wintry conditions and the language barrier, the trade fair experiment, in what was new territory for us, was a real success. The signs did look good from the beginning though anyway: the event organiser was expecting a total of around 25,000 trade visitors over an exhibition floorspace spanning more than 70,000 m2 spread over eight halls. The trade fair has been going since 1979 and this year more than 250 exhibitors from 22 countries signed up. We were able to make lots of new promising contacts at our 200-m2 stand.

February 2019

The construction of the new warehouse at our Amerang site is coming along nicely. The concrete foundations have already been laid and work has already begun on constructing the building’s shell. The new warehouse will increase Auer’s storage capacity by an extra 6,300 m2 of usable floorspace. In the future, the products manufactured on site will be temporarily stored in the warehouse prior to being shipped. The impressive dimensions mean that the company's logistics needs will be met for several years to come: once all the work has been completed, eight lorries will be able to be loaded and unloaded at the same time at several loading bays. The investment involved amounts to approximately EUR 7 million. According to the schedule, the building’s shell will be completed by December 2018, and the first lorries loaded with goods should start rolling out in spring 2019.

November 2018

The new XROC protective cases, which were launched this year, were the main focus of our stand at Photokina 2018 in Cologne. Our protective cases and trolleys are ideal for professional and amateur photographers who own high-quality cameras with interchangeable lenses and/or video equipment. The products proved to be extremely popular since they are exceptional value for money and fill a real gap in the market. Photokina, which we attended for the first time ever this year, also gave us the opportunity to showcase a selection of other containers which all photography enthusiasts are also sure to find extremely useful – for example for storing studio equipment and small components.

September 2018

FachPack in Nuremberg is to all packaging companies what CeBIt is to the consumer electronics and computer industry. The trade fair event of the year gave us the opportunity to showcase our entire range of products across a stand spanning 400 m2 and to present our new catalogue hot off the press. A particular stand-out feature of our stand at this year's FachPack was the way that the space was split right down the middle with a gangway which we incorporated into the stand design by installing our 20 m2 white show area there which this time was left in the very capable hands of our 6 trainees who came with us. They were in change of demonstrating how to use our tool boxes, protective cases and hand trolleys to interested passers-by. As usual, barista Fabian Schmid impressed visitors with his magical cappuccino skills and, as a consolation for the fact that our guests weren't able to take his playful and delicious treats back home with them, they received the “WachMacher (Pick-Me-Up) – the AUER take-away coffee experience”. Despite the fact that this time it felt as though there were fewer streams of visitors at the trade fair we still managed to make a lot of new contacts again at our stand.

September 2018

AUER Packaging has won this year’s iF Design Award. The coveted design prize has been awarded annually since 1953 and is considered one of the world's most important awards for outstanding design achievements. Both the assortment boxes and the tool boxes were awarded a prize. This increases the number of awards won by the company to four. The panel of judges, consisting of 58 design, industry and architecture experts, praised the consistently clear design of the assortment and tool boxes, and the simultaneous optimisation of product functionality. Auer Packaging won the “Packaging” category against 320 competitors. Overall, the panel evaluated 5,575 submissions from 59 countries.

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The company has recently expanded its range of small-load containers with a new product size, the Maxi-KLT 12415 (120 x 40 x 14.7 cm). KLT containers are not only used extensively in the automotive industry – the special containers are also increasingly used in various industries with a high degree of automation. Due to their specific quality and functionality characteristics, the KLT containers support highly automated production processes.

February 2017

The AUER Packaging product range will be further expanded in the area of small-volume plastic packaging: Screw-top tins that are food-safe and stackable by type will be available from the start of 2017. A special highlight is the version with comfort handle, which makes opening and closing as well as carrying the tins easier, especially for small hands. A two-component lid seals the tins reliably. In one version, the seal is integrated into the interior of the lid, while another version comes with a separate inner lid. The tamper-evident closure seals valuable products safely and clearly until the first opening.

October 2016

For the twelfth year in a row, packaging specialist AUER Packaging recorded above-average sales growth in 2015. Turnover increased by a further 10% compared with the previous year (€76 million), reaching €84 million at the end of the fiscal year. AUER Packaging anticipates another year of record turnover for the next fiscal year at around €90 million. Repeat large-scale orders from car manufacturers such as VW, Audi and BMW, as well as Robert Bosch, Schaeffler and MAN, are making a key contribution to fuelling continued company growth.

Construction work on another production hall and on a logistics hall with fully-automated high rack storage started in summer 2016. As stated by Robert Auer, “The expansion of production capacities on the Amerang site represents an important milestone in our continued growth.”

March 2016

AUER Packaging will present the new “System Boxes” product line for the first time at FachPack 2015. Consisting of several product groups, from tool boxes through to assortment boxes and transportation aids, this product line provides systematic order in a wide variety of applications.

Thanks to its exceptional range of accessories, system boxes can be used across many industry sectors and adapted to individual needs. Prototypes are currently being exhibited at all upcoming trade fairs at which AUER Packaging is represented. The market launch for the full product family is scheduled for 2016. More information is available at https://www.auer-packaging.com/gb/en/System-boxes-Cases.html

August 2015

AUER Packaging continues to grow: In June 2015, another production hall with an area of around 3,000 m² was commissioned at the Amerang site. This means AUER Packaging now has a total covered hall area of around 56,000 m².

In the long term, 14 injection moulding machines will provide additional production capacities in the new production hall. At present, the Amerang plant focuses on the manufacture of thin-wall food packaging. Further expansion of this site is already in the planning phase.

July 2015