TPT November 2014

Industry News

Bewo moves to a new location BEWO Cutting Systems BV moved offices in October 2014. After being located in Tilburg for almost 80 years, the Dutch developer and manufacturer of manually operated circular saws (the Bewo CPO) and high performance automatic cutting machines for tubes will be moving to a new and more spacious location in Waalwijk. Bewo cutting line usually consists of an automatic cutting machine, a de-burring machine, a length control system, a cleaning machine and a stacking robot with discharge unit. In Waalwijk a showroom and education centre will be established where Bewo will present its intelligent cutting solutions and where agents and operators will be educated in the world of automated cutting.

years. Since the 1950s it took in the production of cutting systems. It further developed the cutting systems and one after another innovative developments followed. In the beginning of the 1960s Bewo became the producer of complete automatic cutting machines, consisting of cutting, de-burring, measuring, length control, cleaning and stacking of tubes. Nowadays it still produces the complete automatic cutting machines and the renowned manually operated circular saws: the Bewo CPO-315. Both the complete solutions for cutting lines and the Bewo CPO-315 go to customers all over the world. Frans van Gorp ends by saying: “With the new location in Waalwijk we have found a good place for making our ambitions come true. We are ready for an innovative future!”

With this move Bewo anticipates the growing demand for automated solutions for tube cutting from its market. The premises are located next to highway A59 and therefore better accessible. It also has modern facilities, including a training area. It is the right place for further growth and making ambitions come true. With the recovering economy Bewo sees a rise in demand for the further automation of production processes. The new premises in Waalwijk facilitates the increase in demand. Bewo’s automatic cutting lines are becoming more extensive and ask for more production surface. A complete

All activities during the move will continue not just in the office, but also in the factory. Operations manager Frans van Gorp explains: “Our customers will not be bothered by our move. While we are working in Tilburg we start building a next cutting line in Waalwijk too. For the simultaneous building of multiple cutting lines a strict organisation is required, so we have arranged everything down to the last detail.” Bewo has made a lot of history in Tilburg. The company was founded in 1936 as an engineering office and located in Tilburg for almost 80

Bewo – The Netherlands Email: sofie.klitsie@bewo.nl Website: www.bewo.nl

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