Banner has had the production site in the Thalheim industrial estate near Wels – in the immediate vicinity of the injection molding tool manufacturer Rico Elastomere and the glove specialist Eska – since June of the previous year. The official opening took place today, Friday, in the presence of employees and customers. According to the company, it has invested around ten million euros in an existing company site in Thalheim. 25 people are employed, in ten years it should be twice as many.
The company wants to focus on the production of industrial batteries and power storage at the new location. These include electric forklifts, lifting platforms and golf carts, but also safety and emergency batteries for hospitals or power plants. The main markets in this business area are Austria and Switzerland, said site manager Josef Berger. There is potential in Germany and France. “We want to listen to the customer even more clearly,” said Berger. Banner intends to turn over EUR 28 million this year via this channel.
Industrial batteries are one of Banner’s mainstays, the other – much larger – are starter batteries and car batteries. In the fiscal year that ended in March, the company sold 4.2 million batteries. The total turnover was 286 million euros. In 2020 it was 272 million, in 2019 it was 307 million. A third of Banner’s business comes from the initial equipment of vehicles, the lion’s share are replacement products in trade and in car workshops. Banner employs 820 people across Europe, 500 of them at the headquarters in Leonding.
Source: Nachrichten
