RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

In 2022, following the WPG acquisition, the Comer Industries Group significantly increased its research and development capabilities for new products and services. These include a new axle for hay balers with a capacity of up to 5 tons for the Agricultural market, a new generation of gimbals –the result of a collaboration between Walterscheid and Comer Industries – with a static load capacity increased by 15% and a maximum utilization length increased by 20%, and the design for a new front axle for tractors up to 120 kW power. In the Industrial sector, on the other hand, of note is the completion of a new transmission for electrically driven axles with power up to 45 kW, and the market launch of the new size 17C industrial gimbals for torques up to 120,000 Nm.

Finally, in the field of digitization of the Group's products, a new app for smartphones was launched that enables real-time monitoring of the use of agricultural gimbals equipped with sensors developed entirely in-house. Comer Industries Group's advanced systems are developed in design offices located in Italy, Germany and the United States, which are then validated and approved in four different specialized validation centers located in Reggiolo and WelsbergMonguelfo in Italy, Lohmar in Germany and Rockford in the United States.