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DIVISIONS, BUSINESS MARKETS, MARKET POSITIONS, IMPORTANT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

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DIVISIONS, BUSINESS MARKETS, MARKET POSITIONS, IMPORTANT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Paint and Final Assembly Systems

Paint and Final Assembly Systems plans and builds turnkey paint shops and final assembly lines for the automotive industry. As a systems partner, we assume all the tasks of project execution, from layout planning to system start-up. In the area of paint shop technology, we offer hardware and software solutions for all process stages.

Our RoDip dip-coating system is a key product at the start of the painting process. In this, the bodies are cleaned and pretreated as they emerge from the body shop, and an anti-corrosion coat is applied to them. Another core product is our compact EcoReBooth paint booth with the energy- efficient EcoDryScrubber paint separation system; primer, base coat and clear coat are applied in this booth. As a rule, our supply specification also covers ovens, conveyor systems, and control and supervisory control systems under the EcoEMOS product brand name.

Together with the Application Technology division, we are the only systems supplier worldwide to offer paint shop systems as well as application and robot technology from a single source. We lead the field over the competition with a global market share of around 50 %, with companies from Japan and Germany taking second and third places.

Dürr Consulting is also part of the Paint and Final Assembly Systems division. It advises customers on planning and optimizing their production operations, particularly in the fields of painting and final assembly technology as well as logistics.

Application Technology

Application Technology generates about 85 % of its sales from hardware and software solutions for the automated spray application of paint. Its most important products are the EcoBell3 high-speed rotating atomizer, the EcoLCC2 color changer and the EcoRP painting robot family. Other systems are used for paint supply, quality assurance, and process control and evaluation. We are the leading supplier in the automotive sector with a global market share of more than 50 %. Our two most import-ant competitors are manufacturers of industrial robots with market shares of between 15 and 20 %.

Besides paint application technology, we are active in two related business fields, i.e. sealing technology and glueing technology. Sealing processes are used for seam sealing, underbody protection and injection of insulating materials in vehicles. Glueing technology is used to join vehicle components during body-in-white production and final assembly. Glueing is an alternative to welding and is increasingly being used in response to the growing trend in the automotive industry towards the use of new, non-weldable materials. These reduce vehicle weight and fuel consumption and increase the stiffness of the body. During final assembly, glueing technology is used, for instance, for fitting windows, glass roofs and cockpits.

Whereas in the past we concentrated almost exclusively on the automotive industry, since 2014 we have also been extending our application technology business to general industry. Application Technology’s Industrial Products unit was set up for this purpose and offers, for example, prod-ucts for the plastics, ceramics, shipbuilding, timber and furniture industries.

Measuring and Process Systems

Measuring and Process Systems offers balancing and diagnostic systems and also assembly, test and filling products. These activities are housed in the Balancing and Assembly Products sector. Our second field of activity – Cleaning and Surface Processing – specializes in industrial cleaning technology and surface processing systems.

Balancing systems under the Schenck brand are used in a range of sectors. With a market share of some 40 %, we are the world’s largest supplier and offer the broadest portfolio of products and services. Our nearest two competitors have market shares of around 15 and 10 %.

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With regard to assembly, test and filling technology, we mainly supply the automotive industry. We are also the global leader in these areas, with market shares of 25 to 30 % each. With reference to filling technology, we also supply systems for the automated filling of refrigerators, air-conditioning systems and heat pumps with refrigerants via the Agramkow Group. The main products in testing technology are test stands for brakes and electronics, together with the x-wheel truck d wheel align-ment stand for trucks and buses. In assembly technology, the key area is marriage stations, in which the vehicle body and drive train are joined.

We operate our business with systems for workpiece cleaning and surface processing under the brand names Dürr Ecoclean and UCM. With a market share of about 40 %, we are the world’s larg-est supplier. Our larglarg-est competitors are mainly medium-sized companies operating at a regional level. The EcoCCore and EcoCWave universal cleaning systems are among our key products, to which the EcoCBooster system can be added. This is used to process workpiece surfaces with a high-pressure water jet.

Clean Technology Systems

Clean Technology Systems supplies exhaust-air purification technology and products to enhance the energy efficiency of industrial processes. Our Ecopure line of exhaust-air purification systems is mainly used in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, but also in sectors such as printing, woodworking and carbon fiber production. Around 20 % of sales are attributable to equipping and upgrading automotive paint shops. In this business we have a market share of between 40 and 50 %. We are also one of the largest suppliers in the more fragmented non-automotive sector. Our most important process is thermal exhaust-air purification in which pollutants in exhaust-air streams are incinerated at up to 1,000°C. Because of their high energy demand, we often incorporate heat-recovery technologies in these exhaust-air purification systems. This focus on sustainable processes forms the link to our energy efficiency business field, which was set up in 2011 and offers a technology portfolio addressing all aspects of the efficient generation and use of heat, cold and electricity. This covers ORC technology (Organic Rankine Cycle) and the Dürr Compact Power System (micro gas turbine) for electricity generation, plus Thermea-branded large-scale heat pumps and heat exchangers.

Woodworking Machinery and Systems

Woodworking Machinery and Systems pools the activities of the HOMAG Group. The HOMAG Group is the leading global supplier of machinery and systems for the woodworking industry and trade.

With a global market share of almost 30 %, we have a significant lead over the two next-placed competitors with shares of 10 % and 7 %, respectively. Using our machines and systems, our customers produce household and office furniture, kitchens, parquet and laminate flooring, windows, doors, stairs and complete timber system buildings. The range extends from entry-level machines to complete production lines. Our core products include saws, drilling machines and laminating systems for surfaces and edges, plus edge-banding machines, CNC machines and handling systems.

Our all-in-one systems for machining composite/lightweight panels for the furniture and structural elements industries are composed of these products. Current innovations with a large demand poten-tial include the powerTouch machine operation system as well as the laserTec and airTec edge- banding processes.

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2.2 ACTIVITIES AND BUSINESS MARKETS

PAINT AND FINAL ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS DIVISION

Business type Activities customer groups/Business mArkets

/ Plant engineering / Complete paint shops

/ Individual painting process stations / Final assembly systems

/ Services

/ Automobile manufacturers / Automotive suppliers / General industry

(e.g. construction equipment and farm machinery)

/ Consulting / Consulting / Automobile manufacturers

/ Automotive suppliers / General industry

APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION

Business type Activities customer groups/Business mArkets

/ Mechanical engineering and component business

/ Products for automated spray painting / Sealing technology

Business type Activities customer groups/Business mArkets

/ Mechanical engineering / Balancing and diagnostic systems

/ Assembly technology for vehicle final assembly / Testing technology for vehicle final assembly / Filling technology

/ Household appliance industry / Medical and laboratory equipment

CLEAN TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS DIVISION

Business type Activities customer groups/Business mArkets

/ Plant engineering and component business

/ Exhaust-air purification systems / Energy management and consulting / Services

/ Energy efficiency technologies (electricity generation from heat, heat pumps and heat exchangers)

/ Chemical industry / Pharmaceutical industry / Carbon fiber production / Printing/coating

/ Automobile manufacturers (paint shops) / Automotive suppliers (paint shops) / Woodworking

/ Operators of decentralized power plants (CHP plants, biogas systems, stationary combustion engines)

/ Process industry / Energy sector / General industry

WOODWORKING MACHINERY AND SYSTEMS DIVISION

Business type Activities customer groups/Business mArkets

/ Mechanical and plant engineering / Woodworking technology / Services

/ Woodworking industry / Woodworking trade

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