EuroWire July 2019

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▲ ▲ Three times the space after building completion at Sikora

Ready for the future with new build at Sikora HQ

headquarters 14 international subsidiaries, Sikora serves customers with innovative product solutions and individual service. The measuring, control and inspection systems are solely manufactured at the headquarters in Bremen, Germany. Sikora AG – Germany Website : www.sikora.net in Bremen and

Mr Früchtenicht. The four-storey building accommodates production, logistics and research and development departments. An extended communication area in the upper-stacked storey with its flexible meeting and creativity rooms builds a bridge between technology and communication.

AFTER around one-and-a-half years of construction, Sikora has put its new production, logistics and development building at its headquarters in Bremen, Germany, into operation. With its total area of 7,000m 2 , the building provides more than three times the previous space. The new building is a strategic investment in the future and the answer to Sikora’s strong growth and diversification into new markets as well as the accompanying technological new developments. “The building provides the needed space to further expand and is, in every respect, state-of-the-art”, said Peter Früchtenicht, director operations at Sikora. Special attention was put on assuring optimised material flows from incoming goods to production and further to the shipping based on modern lean production concepts. enables us to flexibly and quickly react to technological developments and customers’ wishes, at consistent high quality and delivery reliability”, added “An efficient production

With about 300 employees at the

New die technologies Paramount Die manufactures wire drawing dies and has developed innovative wire drawing systems for decades. Moving forward, this market position will be reinforced with new products in large/bar/shaped dies, shaving dies and holder product segments. The company has worked in the large die market for a number of years but is now fully engaged in this market segment and is working to deliver added value to large wire and bar producers. Paramount claims to have perfected the art of shaving wire with its new wire shaving dies. Available in both insert and cased options, coated and uncoated and with a wide array of geometries, these shaving dies can be tailored to achieve any shaving requirement. Paramount recently released its new ParaLoc S, which is a smaller pressure system for use in die boxes that have historically been too small to fit a pressure and draw die. This new technology holder has both in a smaller size, allowing full pressure system functionality where only a single die could previously be housed. Paramount Die Company – USA Website : www.paradie.com

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