Have you ever stopped to appreciate the unsung heroes behind your favorite furniture? Edge banding machines, the workhorses of the woodworking industry, play a crucial role in creating sleek and durable edges. In this article, we’ll explore the top manufacturers of these essential tools, shedding light on their innovations and contributions to the craft. Get ready to discover the artistry and engineering that goes into every perfectly finished edge.
Country: Germany
Founded: 1960
About the company:
Homag Group is a globally renowned integrated solution provider in the woodworking industry. With international production plants and sales and service companies, Homag Group has around 6,500 employees in over 100 countries and holds over 30% of the global market share.
Homag Group offers digital production solutions to its customers, including a comprehensive software suite and data continuity from the sales end to the entire production process. The company’s customers use Homag Group’s high-tech machines and equipment to manufacture a range of products, including living room and office furniture, kitchen furniture, solid wood and composite floors, windows, doors, stairs, and integral wood structure houses.
Homag Group’s offerings range from single machine equipment for industrial enterprises to complete networked production lines for highly industrialized, customized furniture production. Its unique services, including those around the production machines and equipment and corresponding control software, set it apart in the industry.
Country: Italy
Founded: 1969
About the company:
BIESSE is a company dedicated to the wood processing industry. Established since 1969, it has been providing comprehensive technology and solution offerings to furniture, doors, windows and wood building component manufacturers. In recent years, the company has also expanded its operations into the plastic processing machinery sector, offering specialized solutions for this market.
The company is committed to continuous improvement and invests in the development of innovative solutions to ensure the highest quality products and services. BIESSE places a strong emphasis on innovation and is dedicated to providing excellent processing processes and products to its customers.
The group’s main unique technical solutions include: 5-axis operating equipment with HSD motorized spindle, which can process parts with complex geometric shapes, AirForce system, panel edge bonding equipment to ensure unparalleled processing quality, double thrusters, exclusive patents of all Biesse beam saws, which realize the optimal management of production peaks, and bSuite software components, which enable operators to operate Biesse’s machines without mastering special IT technology.
Country: Italy
Founded: 1935
About the company:
SCM Group is a leading woodworking machinery enterprise, renowned for its high sales volume globally. Headquartered in Italy, the Group boasts 26 factories and 27 subsidiaries, with 60 years of experience and over 2 million machines operating worldwide. It is highly active in the field of solid wood and plate processing.
SCM Group’s portfolio of brands includes SCM, MORBIDELLI, STEFANI, IDM, GABBIANI, DMC, CELASCHI, SERGIANI, and others. With 4000 employees and an annual sales volume of 700 million euros, the Group boasts strong financial strength and a global presence in the industry.
70% of SCM Group’s products are exported to 120 countries through its branches, dealers, and agents.
Shenzhen Eastman Trading Co., Ltd., a rapidly growing subsidiary of SCM Group, has extensive experience in the Chinese market. Our headquarters are located in both Shenzhen and Beijing.
Country: Germany
Founded: 1951
About the company:
The global high-precision sawing technology company, Schelling Group of Austria, and IMA Group, a leading provider of global automatic edge banding, drilling, and numerical control technology, merged in 2015 to form the IMASchelling Group. The Group currently employs 1320 people worldwide, with an annual sales volume of 250 million euros in 2015.
Founded in 1951 and headquartered in Lubeck, Germany, IMA provides professional panel furniture manufacturers with customized flexible production lines, advanced laser edge banding machines, drill rows, processing centers, and other tailored whole plant solutions. The company operates 10 sales and service companies, and has over 40 business partners in more than 60 countries.
Established in 1917, Schelling Company of Austria has become a global leader in high-end precision sawing technology. Located in southern Austria at the base of the picturesque Alps, Schwarzach specializes in the wood products and wood-based panel industry, as well as sawing and cutting of materials used in aviation, printed circuit boards, non-ferrous metals, steel, plastics, and various advanced composites.
The company counts ThyssenKrupp Group of Germany, Siemens of Germany, Philips of the Netherlands, Volkswagen Group of Germany, and Shanghai Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Company among its non-wood field customers.
In China, the companies of Yima Xielin Group are Yima (Guangzhou) International Trade Co., Ltd. and Xielin (Changzhou) Trade Co., Ltd. with service outlets located in Beijing, Guangzhou, Changzhou, Chengdu, and other cities throughout the country.
IMASchelling Group provides prompt and efficient service for Chinese customers, creating value for its clients.
Country: China
Founded: 2006
About the company:
Guangzhou Hongya CNC Machinery Co., Ltd. (KDT) is a leading enterprise in China’s woodworking machinery industry. Through continuous independent innovation and steady growth, KDT has established itself as a prominent brand in the modern panel furniture machinery sector.
KDT offers a comprehensive range of CNC panel furniture machinery equipment and automated production line solutions, including a series of edge banding machines, saws, multi-row drills, machining centers, and automated production equipment. The company’s dealers and customers are spread across more than 40 countries and regions globally.
Quality products and value creation are the company’s top priority for every furniture enterprise. Thanks to its customers’ trust, the company has experienced steady growth in sales revenue in recent years.
KDT’s key strengths are its independent technology development and quality management system. By bringing in high-quality professionals both domestically and internationally, the company has formed a strong team with a continuous focus on independent research and development.
In terms of quality management, KDT has implemented a high-assurance EP management system throughout all stages of production, from parts procurement to assembly, commissioning, sales, and service. The company operates modern and professional rack, sheet metal, and parts manufacturing enterprises.
KDT sources some parts from manufacturers in Europe, South Korea, and other countries and regions, ensuring a diverse and reliable procurement chain.
Country: China
Founded: 1996
About the company:
Nanxing Equipment Co., Ltd. was established in May 1996 and is a well-respected enterprise in China’s woodworking machinery industry. With a long product line and a diverse range of offerings, Nanxing Equipment provides customized solutions to meet customers’ needs and create value.
The company’s comprehensive solution enables customers to upgrade from standalone operations to a more flexible, integrated production process, helping to reduce labor costs, improve efficiency, and gain a competitive advantage.
Nanxing Equipment boasts strong R&D and innovation capabilities, with an international woodworking machinery R&D team. Its technology center has been recognized as a provincial enterprise technology center by Guangdong Province and an engineering technology research and development center for numerical control woodworking machinery by Guangdong Province.
Nanxing Equipment holds over 200 patents for various inventions, utility models, and appearance designs, and has been involved in the drafting of national industrial standards for numerical control woodworking machines. As a leader in the domestic panel woodworking machinery manufacturing industry, the company has extensive customer resources and a stable customer base, with many of the larger domestic panel furniture enterprises being users of its products.
Nanxing Equipment has a well-established distribution and service network covering all major cities in China and abroad, and its products are sold not only domestically but also exported to Europe, North and South America, Australia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa, and other countries and regions.
In the future, Nanxing Equipment will continue to prioritize R&D and manufacturing of panel woodworking machinery, with a focus on numerical control and automation products. The company will closely monitor market demand and continuously improve existing products and develop new ones, ensuring that the product quality meets international standards and making significant contributions to advancing the equipment levels of Chinese panel furniture enterprises.
Country: China
Founded: 1994
About the company:
MAS originated from woodworking cooperatives in the 1970s in Singapore and Malaysia and began its journey in the 1990s. Over the years, the company has been committed to innovation and has consistently incorporated high-speed, precision, openness, and complexity into its woodworking machinery.
In response to market demand, MAS has developed a range of CNC and intelligent woodworking machinery products, including spindles, saws, creative drills, and more, becoming a trusted partner for thousands of enterprises both domestically and abroad. The company is dedicated to creating value for its customers and has established itself as a rising star in China’s woodworking machinery industry.
MAS has inherited and carried forward the essence of traditional Chinese furniture manufacturing through its fine manufacturing processes, fulfilling its ambition of “manufacturing ancient Chinese crafts with modern professional CNC machinery”.
For many years, MAS has been dedicated to the industry, honest operation, scientific research, brand service, and social responsibility. The company’s achievements in these areas have made it a benchmark and brand in the industry.
Country: Germany
Founded: 1905
About the company:
The Weili Group, the largest producer of solid wood machinery in the world, was founded in 1905 in Germany. With over 100 years of experience in solid wood processing, the Weili Group provides high-performance and cost-effective wood processing equipment and system solutions, as well as intelligent production solutions that drive profits.
Adhering to the high quality standards of German machinery manufacturing, the Weili Group holds a strong advantage in wood processing equipment and technology, including solid wood processing milling, floor processing, finger jointing, European style wooden window production, and wooden house construction.
In 2010, the Weili Group acquired the German Haussel Company and officially entered the panel furniture equipment market. In 1996, the company established a wholly-owned subsidiary in China, Mike Weili (Yantai) Machinery Co., Ltd. The subsidiary is responsible for producing and selling high-tech woodworking machinery and equipment, serving the needs of the Chinese market and exporting products to various regions around the world.
Weili (Yantai) Wood Technology Co., Ltd. is another subsidiary fully invested by the Weili Group in China, established in 2009. It serves as a new professional marketing and service organization for the Weili Group in China.
With the Weili Group’s century-long experience in solid wood processing and over a decade of experience in China’s wood market, Weili China has established a comprehensive marketing network, a highly skilled expert team, and professional service personnel.
The company is committed to technological innovation and continuously helps its customers optimize production processes, improve efficiency, reduce labor and material costs, and enhance product quality.
Country: China
Founded: 2000
Products: Cutting saw (sliding table saw) series, full series of edge banding machine, row drill series, electronic cutting saw series, CNC machining center engraving machine series
About the company:
Unisunx is one of the leading enterprises in the woodworking machinery industry.
The enterprise has three production bases: Qingdao Unisunx Woodworking Machinery Co., Ltd., Qingdao Unisunx Bote Woodworking Machinery Co., Ltd., and Qingdao Unisunx CNC Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Unisunx Machinery Co., Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of panel furniture machinery, including CNC cutting machines, woodworking centers, panel saws (sliding table saws), edge banding machines, and multi-row drills, in China. The company also operates a professional trading company, Qingdao Unisunx Import and Export Trade Co., Ltd., to provide comprehensive woodworking machinery solutions for customers abroad.
After decades of growth, the company’s production facilities cover an area of over 70,000 square meters, and are staffed by a strong technical team and equipped with advanced detection equipment. The factories are located near Jiaozhou Bay and conveniently close to the airport and port, ensuring fast international and domestic logistics.
The company is ISO 9001 certified and its main products have received CE safety certification. The products are exported to more than 60 countries in Europe, Russia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, North America, and Australia.
With a comprehensive sales system and after-sales service network, the company has more than 150 agents both domestically and internationally.
Country: China
Founded: 1995
About the company:
Dongguan Wellex Co., Ltd. is located in Dongguan, a historic and cultural city in Guangdong Province, near the Pearl River Estuary. The company was registered with the Dongguan Industrial and Commercial Bureau on December 21st, 1995.
Dongguan Wellex primarily focuses on the production and sales of woodworking machinery and accessories, cutting tools, and the wholesale and retail of water-based coatings and spare parts for woodworking machinery. The company also provides technical consultation, support, and after-sales service for woodworking machinery.
The company employs 160 people and has established a strong relationship with many retailers and agents of Dongguan machinery and equipment companies. With a wide range of products, competitive prices, and strong corporate strength, Dongguan Wellex is a reliable choice for customers.
The company values credit, adheres to contracts, and guarantees product quality, which has earned the trust of its customers. Its diverse business practices, combined with its principle of achieving small profits with quick turnover, have contributed to its success.
The company’s corporate purpose is to maintain integrity and realism, with a focus on delivering exceptional service and customer satisfaction. It actively listens to the needs of its customers and continuously strives to improve its products and services through innovation.
As the founder of MachineMFG, I have dedicated over a decade of my career to the metalworking industry. My extensive experience has allowed me to become an expert in the fields of sheet metal fabrication, machining, mechanical engineering, and machine tools for metals. I am constantly thinking, reading, and writing about these subjects, constantly striving to stay at the forefront of my field. Let my knowledge and expertise be an asset to your business.
EN 
DE 
ES 
FR 
IT 
NL 
PT 
RU 