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2006-08-25 News Headlines
New Quardant plastics components plant Quadrant, a leading manufacturer of plastics components, follows its customers to Central Europe and moves into a new plant with three-component moulding machinery.
Quadrant CMS views the strategy of following its customers, who shift
their manufacturing operations to central and eastern European countries,
as essential to the company consolidating its position as a leading manufacturer
of plastics components and securing growth. Building on the success of its initial moulding operation established in Hungary in 2004, Quadrant Creative Moulding & Systems (CMS) has quickly seen the need to expand its facility in the region and has recently moved into a brand-new, purpose-built plant in Szigetszentmiklos, south-west of Budapest, now also equipped with three-component moulding machinery. A specific example of this success can be seen in Quadrant CMS’ relationship with Bosch Power Tools and its nearby assembling plant in Miskolc, north-eastern Hungary.
The original relationship between Quadrant CMS and Bosch stretches back
30 years, with Skil It was as Bosch decided to install its largest power tool assembly plant
in Miskolc in 2004, and to simultaneously transfer all production of the
Skil range of tools from Breda, that Quadrant CMS
Initially located in smaller premises, Quadrant CMS has now moved to a larger purpose-built plant, opened in January 2006, at the Leshegy Ipari Park Industrial Site in Szigetszentmiklos. The brand new building provides further options for expansion. The facility contains injection moulding machines equipped with robots, amongst them machinery for two- and three-component moulding as well as secondary operations. The plant currently employs some 30 people. Quadrant CMS views its new moulding facility and organization in Hungary as complementary to its larger and fully-automated plant in Belgium. Whilst Bosch remains an important customer for the Hungarian plant, Quadrant CMS in Szigetszentmiklos also serves tier-one automotive customers with either new moulds developed for new applications, or relocated moulds from its Belgium plant, again following location shifts in automotive production from western Europe to central and eastern regions. Commenting on the company’s decision to expand its operations in the country, Fernand Vandaele, President at Quadrant CMS said: “Developments in Hungary are true to our policy of following the customer, enabling us to provide local technical and logistical support and thus enhancing relationships with our customers.” A policy which is already reaping rewards as far as business with Bosch is concerned. The new Quadrant CMS moulding plant now produces components for both the green-cased products for DIY enthusiasts, as well as those produced under the Skil brand. Consisting primarily of the housings for drills, saws and sanders, other
moulded-parts produced by Quadrant CMS for Bosch products include trigger-
and sliding-switches, fans and auxiliary handles. Some parts, such as
the housings for drills in the Bosch range, are produced as complex two-
or three-component mouldings, an area where Quadrant CMS has shown a technical
lead in close cooperation with Bosch. Such technical expertise has been recognized by Bosch, with Quadrant CMS receiving enhanced supplier status to that of one providing “Simultaneous Engineering” or “S.E.” This is a term applied by Bosch to its suppliers capable of reducing the total cost-of-ownership for the parts they produce through ongoing and proactive enhancements to the design, resulting in optimal overall production cost of the final product. The ability to provide the corresponding logistical support, with JIT and Kanban logistics, and a commitment to quality control are further criteria for Bosch when selecting their suppliers. “We strongly welcome the courage shown by Quadrant CMS management
in setting up its operations in relative close proximity of our new plant
in Miskolc. In the aftermath of our own relocation, it was essential to
have a local supplier who we could trust on the basis of previous cooperation
in western Europe, and who was familiar with a lot of the aspects of power
tool production, including co-development,” is how Joachim Jörg
Heldt, Director Purchasing of Bosch
Power Tools
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