Felder Sees Strong Classical Woodworking Machinery Sales at AWFS
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Felder's Ruan du Toit meets the press at AWFS Fair 2015.

LAS VEGAS - Woodworking machinery manufacturer Felder Group says the 2015 AWFS Fair in Las Vegas was the most successful to date, creating a lot of excitement, expecially considering the very low customer attendance at AWFS only 6 years ago.

“With the market direction clearly being in panel processing the CNC market is very busy and very successful for us at the moment. I was however very surprised at the level of interest and also actual sales goals achieved with our classical machine line. Customers are still looking for high quality standard machinery that have new technology allowing those machines to still perform fast and very accurately. ” says CEO, Ruan du Toit.

Felder Format 4 Profit H50

The Felder Group is pleased to announce their great success at the 2015 AWFS Fair in Las Vegas. This year’s AWFS has proven to be the most successful to date creating a lot of excitement for the Group considering the very low customer attendance at AWFS only 6 years ago. With a big range of machines on display starting from the Felder FB510 bandsaw up to the Format – 4 Profit H50 5 Axis CNC machines it allowed for customer interest from all segments of the machinery market. Felder has continued with their focus to offer all customer requirements from a single source.

 

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