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Poland: €11 million foundry modernisation.

Issued at 2010-11-03



High quality castings manufacturer, Victaulic is to invest over €11 million in its production processes to streamline and increase capacity at its foundry in Poland. The project, which involves a radical overhaul of production lines with new equipment and technology, will make the plant one of the most advanced in Europe.

Already supplying precision castings to customers in a wide range of sectors including the OEM and automotive markets in Central and Eastern Europe, this fresh investment will allow Victaulic to increase its capacity to deliver consistently high quality components across the Continent and extend its value added design engineering services to more customers.


The most significant changes will involve the introduction of cutting edge production management and process automation, including an automated pouring system, to ensure even higher quality production on a greater scale. In addition a new extraction system enabling the reuse of dust will lead to a more sustainable production process, reducing consumption of sand in moulding, positively impacting the local environment and improving foundry working conditions.


"Victaulic has always been associated with high quality precision castings, and thanks to this new €11 million investment the company will soon have one of the most modern iron foundries in Europe as well as a major increase in its production capacity," said Didier Vassal, Victaulic vice president. "At a time when many companies in our industry are scaling back operations, Victaulic is investing and expanding to better serve its customers."

The Victaulic foundry improvements are being implemented with the support of an EU funding initiative. Work is scheduled for completion in August 2011 and the expanded plant will employ over 400 local people


Source: Foundry TradeJournal



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