With the acquisition of Luxemburg scanner manufacturer "LuxScan", the Weinig Group is setting a strategic course for the future market development. "We know that the market for products in the wood optimization sector is large and that the technology required for it continues to offer great potential for innovation. With LuxScan, we are integrating a company into the Weinig Group that leads the way in terms of quality and scanning consistency and is therefore the best possible addition for us," explains the Chief Financial Officer of the Weinig Group, Karl Wachter, talking about the reasoning behind the acquisition.

The Luxemburg company's product line covers the whole scanner spectrum for the complete solid wood manufacturing process chain. Walter Fahrenschon, CEO of Weinig subsidiary Dimter, is convinced this takeover marks a new era in wood optimization. "Together with LuxScan, we are in a position to put our years of application knowledge to great effect in order to directly enhance scanner technology. Our goal is to offer fully integrated complete solutions, both mechanically and in software-technology," explains Fahrenschon.

The Weinig Group currently offers a complete machine program for solid wood processing and is in a position to establish scanner technology as a new standard in this industry, from both a financial and technological point of view. The customer will receive not only machine technology, but also an entire system with automatic wood defect detection – all from one manufacturer. Interface problems will be a thing of the past. Proximity in location and years of successful cooperation between the Weinig Group and LuxScan will ensure integration proceeds at a rapid pace. Fahrenschon points to the large number of common installations in this regard and believes that it will be possible to progress rapidly in terms of innovation.

LuxScan Technologies currently employs approximately 30 persons in Luxemburg and the USA. "Now that LuxScan belongs to the Weinig Group, we will have access to markets worldwide. LuxScan will be the only scanner manufacturer worldwide benefiting from such marketing potential and competent service", says the Managing Director of LuxScan, Raphaël Vogrig.

After a very good first six months for 2007, CEO Rainer Hundsdörfer expects significant growth for the whole Weinig Group compared with the previous year. "With OPUS 800, we developed a forward-looking corporate strategy that is now being gradually implemented. The investment in scanner technology is only part of a strategic process that the Weinig Group will use to enter new business fields in the future. Our global course for expansion has just begun," concludes the CEO, offering an exciting outlook for the future.