GERMANY/AUSTRIA - IMA and Schelling have officially merged to form IMA Schelling Group GmbH. The two companies will now operate under the same business name.

IMA Klessmann GmbH Holzbearbeitungssysteme has changed its name to IMA Schelling Deutschland GmbH and Schelling Anlagenbau GmbH now operates under the name IMA Schelling Austria GmbH. Both companies have concentrated their competencies in the IMA Schelling Group since 2015 and said the official merger will help to further strengthen their positions in the market.

The IMA Schelling Group has had a combined North American headquarters for a number of years, located in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The IMA Schelling Group specializes in the development and fabrication of customer-specific manufacturing systems for the woodworking industry, including workcells for digital, fully automated networked production. The product range includes batch-size 1 and production technology for sawing, routing/cutting, sorting and the stacking of wood-based panels, metal or plastic sheets.