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TroGroup achieves turnover in excess of € 300 million for the first time

May 22, 2023

  • Successful business year 2022 despite difficult conditions
  • Two significant acquisitions: InnoLas Photonics and Consolidated Marking
  • Site expansions in China and Wels (Upper Austria) completed
  • Iradion becomes third division for laser sources in addition to Trodat (stamps) and Trotec (lasers)

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Change at the top of TroGroup: On 1 October, Bernd Badurek will take over as new CEO

May 9, 2023

Norbert Schrüfer (63) will retire as CEO of TroGroup and continue to accompany the Laser Systems Division Trotec as COO. Bernd Badurek (48), currently CEO of the Sinter Division at Miba AG, will take over as CEO of TroGroup on 1 October.

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TroGroup has become the target of a cyber attack

February 16, 2023

TroGroup, based in Wels, has become the target of a cyber attack. Emergency operations were activated immediately after the incident became known and it was possible to ensure continued service and to avoid any disadvantages for our customers and suppliers in the best possible way.

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TroGroup donates EUR 100,000 to UNICEF Austria for emergency aid to Ukraine

November 29, 2022

Social responsibility has always been practised at the TroGroup. The family-run business, based in Wels, is a global leader with its companies Trodat (for stamps) and Trotec (for lasers). As a partner of UNICEF Austria, it is proud to provide support where it is most urgently needed.

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The TroGroup is establishing a new business unit for laser sources. Andreas Penz, previously CEO of Trotec, will become CEO of the Laser Sources Group on 1st January 2023. Peter Kratky, previously CSO of Trotec, will take over as CEO of Trotec.

November 18, 2022

In doing so, the TroGroup is setting the organisational course for further growth. In addition to the two successful companies Trodat (stamps) and Trotec (lasers), a separate business unit for laser sources is being established with the Laser Sources Group.

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Trotec Laser celebrates 25th anniversary and presents itself on the labour market with "LASER YOUR FUTURE"

October 3, 2022

Over the past 25 years, Trotec, a member of TroGroup, has become world market leader in laser machines for cutting, marking and engraving. At the end of September, the company invited employees and their families to an open day in Marchtrenk. The presentation of the new employer image also marked the occasion.

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Trodat opens Walter Just Technical Centre in Wels

September 16, 2022

After a construction period of only 10.5 months, the new Walter Just Technical Centre opens at Trodat’s headquarters in Wels today. The globally active group of companies is also celebrating the 110th anniversary of its founding in 1912 with a party for the employees and their families.

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Trodat takes over Consolidated Marking and expands market leadership in USA

July 22, 2022

As of 20 July 2022, Trodat, the Austrian stamp manufacturer owned by Wels-based TroGroup, takes over Consolidated Marking, a division of Navitor, Inc., under the umbrella of the Taylor Group. Consolidated Marking is the second largest distributor of stamp components in the USA and Canada after Trodat. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

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TroGroup continues growth course and acquires German laser source manufacturer InnoLas Photonics

July 8, 2022

At the beginning of July 2022, TroGroup took over the German specialist firm for industrial laser sources, InnoLas Photonics, which is based in Krailling. The acquisition will enable TroGroup to establish the Laser Sources Group as a distinct business field alongside Trodat (stamps) and Trotec (lasers). All 24 InnoLas Photonics employees are being retained. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

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TroGroup in the financial year 2021: Trodat and Trotec with record turnover in 110-year company history

May 11, 2022

  • Turnover of € 289 million for the first time
  • Both divisions – stamp and laser – grew strongly in the second year of the coronavirus crisis
  • Expansion of production in China and completion of the Walter Just Technical Centre at the headquarters in Wels (Upper Austria)
  • Successful family business for 110 years

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TroGroup makes house available to Caritas to aid Ukrainian refugees

March 29, 2022

At TroGroup in Wels, social commitment is actively practised by both the management and employees. To help people who have fled the war in Ukraine, CEO Norbert Schrüfer provided Caritas Upper Austria with a vacant company house and garden in Negrellistraße, Wels, free of charge.

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New Head of Corporate Communications at TroGroup

March 8, 2022

Ute Kliemstein (45) has been Head of Corporate Communications at TroGroup since February

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