Tough Test for Plastics
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extreme temperature fluctuations, intense sunlight, strong winds. Fine sand and dust that can get into mechanical parts. UV radiation that extremely accelerates the aging and degradation of materials. These are the characteristics of the Erg Chegaga, the largest sand desert in Morocco, and thus also the test conditions to which Mike Fuchs, Oliver Gehrking and David Arlandis will expose themselves with their Buddy X1 bikes in early February 2024.
The journey will take them through deep mountain gorges and dried-up riverbeds, once crisscrossed by raging streams but now parched by the merciless sun. The drivers will climb high mountain passes on ancient mule and camel trade trails and scree tracks that once served as connecting routes between the royal cities and Berber villages.
The goal: they want to prove that bicycle frames and components made of thermoplastics can withstand even the toughest demands. Read more
Engel St. Valentin Wins Production Contest
In the production contest organized by Fraunhofer Austria and the Industriemagazin, the large-tonnage machine plant from ENGEL in St. Valentin won the title of “Factory of the Year 2023“ and was thus named the best production company in Austria. Read more
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