New Illig Tool Network for North America

Indianapolis-based Illig North America, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Germany’s Illig Maschinenbau, has entered into an official partnership with Grupo Interconsult SA de CV (“GIC”) of Mexico, the first certified Illig thermoform tooling partner in the Americas. This brings over 25 years of tooling design, manufacture, and service to Illig customers in the U.S. and Canada. Before now, GIC had provided tooling and Illig machines only in Latin America.

At the recent K 2022, Illig North American managing director Conor Carlin, noted that the two entities have collaborated for several years and the formalization of the relationship brings “world-class Illig quality to customers in North America”. GIC has invested and grown to become a pre-eminent tool designer and manufacturer in Central and South America. As the first and only Illig Certified Tool Partner outside of Germany, GIC meets the most rigorous standards for quality and performance. Said Humberto Peschl, president of GIC and Illig Latam (Latin America), “To achieve this certification, we spent several years training our people in Germany, mastering the ILLIG system, and continously improving our capabilities,” says Mr. Peschl. “With our latest investment in a full quality assurance laboratory, converters can be assured of the highest possible standards.”

With a complete Illig IC-RDK 80K 4-station form/punch/trim/stack machine available for testing and de-bug, Illig Latam customers are reportedly assured that projects are completely de-risked before taking delivery With more than 25 years of experience in Illig equipment and deep knowledge of 2-, 3-, and 4- station systems for the steel-rule die thermoforming market segment, the company designs and develops from prototypes all the way through to production tools, including punch / die and stacking stations. In addition, new capabilities that include wire EDM and 5-axis CNC systems and high precision grinding, GIC offers a comprehensive refurbishment program for the most demanding trim-in-place tool sets for PP, PET and PS applications.