TRUMPF Opens New Offices in Seoul

Four of the altogether twelve storeys are used by TRUMPF Korea. They house the sales and service force as well as a showroom and a training center, offering ideal conditions for machine presentations and customer trainings. The building with its unique façade was designed and planned by Barkow Leibinger Architects, Berlin.

TRUMPF has been present in Korea with an own subsidiary since 1997 and has since become one of the leading machine tool companies. With 75 employees TRUMPF Korea achieved sales of € 60 million in the fiscal year 2005/06 (June 30, 2006). It offers nearly the entire product portfolio of the TRUMPF Group for the Korean market, machine tools and power tools for sheet metal processing, lasers and laser system for the industrial material processing as well as power supplies for plasma processes, induction heating and laser excitation. More than 300 guests attended the ceremony, including Heung-kwon Kim, Seoul’s Vice Mayor. The management of TRUMPF was represented by Martin Benzinger, Vice President of the TRUMPF Group and Executive Vice President East Asia.

TRUMPF is a high tech group focusing on production and medical technology. Further information on the company can be found at www.trumpf.com.