Press release
ENGEL Empowers Expansion
York, Pa. October 31, 2013 ENGEL is providing invaluable assistance to a rapidly expanding supplier to the North American automotive industry; a supplier that ha s embraced ENGEL's e-factory 2 manufacturing execution system for enhanced, o n-line transparency from the shop-floor to the front-office.
ENGEL North America, member of the ENGEL group, a world leader in the design and manufact ure of injection molding machines and parts-handling automation, supplied two 440-ton, three 33 0-ton, and three 200-ton ENGEL victory series molding machines – all equipped with ENGEL automation -- to Continental Fuel Supply System Div. (Cd. Juárez, Chih. Mexico; www.continenta l-corporation.com), a rapidly expanding ISO-TS16949/ISO14000-certified supplier to the NAFTA original equipment automotive market and the Tier-1 automotive industry.
The new ENGEL molding systems have been interfaced into Continental's e-factory 2 network, E NGEL's computer-based, real-time production data acquisition system, to ensure optimum, plan t-wide productivity (see http://www.engelglobal.com/engel_web/ena/en/2806_4522.htm, for detail ed information on e-factory 2.)
All Continental’s molding systems are also equipped with ENGEL automation including the new ENGEL viper 12, ENGEL’s integrated conveyor and the extended guarding package. The use of ENGEL automation makes it much easier for machine operators at Continental – with the robot control fully integrated into the ENGEL machine, the operator can run both machine and robot through one controller which significantly streamlines operations.
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Production ready in their new facility
Continental has just completed their relocation to their new 185,000 square foot factory in Juáre z. With the consolidation of their previous three facilities under one roof, Continental will increase efficiencies in operations.
At an average of 20-tons/month, the Continental Juárez facility primarily processes polyoxymeth ylene copolymer (POM) to produce more than three-million automotive fuel modules and support ing pumps every year. In addition, the company also manufactures some 9-million other custom- molded parts per year.
Continental employs 950, including 38 in its molding area and administrative offices. Its capital in vestment exceeds $5-million per year.
“We have already received eight new ENGEL victory molding machines and robots. 'Project A' of our expansion plan has been completed, and the machines are up and running” says Jesus Galv an, Product Group manager of the Continental Juárez molding area. “ 'Project B' involves our ac quisition of additional equipment for a total of 24 new ENGEL machine systems. The next phase will begin in at the beginning of 2014, and we will increase our capacity in Juárez little-by-little, o ne machine system every two-to-three months, until the remaining 16 machines are in place.”
“Our relationship with ENGEL is going very well,” Galvan concludes. “In addition to the molding machines, we receive excellent technical support from ENGEL. We get frequent calls from our E NGEL representatives, asking us whether we require any technical support, or assistance. We h ave very good communications with ENGEL.”
ENGEL molding systems also are run in Continental's manufacturing facilities in Europe and Asi
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a. And Galvan adds that Continental also has plans to start with a Vertical Integration project (for injection molding) in Salto, Brazil
For more information, e-mail [email protected], or visit www.engelglobal.com/na.
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Eight new ENGEL victory machines ranging from 200 to 440 US tons, with robots and integrated conveyors, have been installed in Continental’s new 185,000 square foot facility in Juarez, Mexico.
ENGEL North America, 3740 Board Road, York, PA, USA, 17406 phone: 717 764 6818, fax: 717 764 0314 e-mail: [email protected], http://www.engelglobal.com/na Press release
All Continental's machines are interfaced into their ENGEL e-factory 2 network -- a computer- based, real-time production data acquisition system which ensures optimum, plant-wide productivity.
ENGEL North America From facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico, ENGEL North America provides its customers a single source for design and manufacture of injection molding machines for thermoplastics and elastomers, a full range of plastics processing technology modules and a full scope of automation solutions. With eight production plants in Europe, North America and Asia (China, Korea), subsidiaries in 17 countries and representatives in over 70 countries, the ENGEL group provides its customers the global support they need to compete and succeed with new technologies and leading-edge production systems. For more information, visit www.engelglobal.com/na.
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Contacts:
Kleta Childs, Manager of Marketing and Sales Administration, ENGEL North America 3740 Board Road, York, PA, USA, 17406, Tel.: 717 764 6818, fax: 717 764 0314 Email: [email protected]
Gerd Liebig, Group Marketing Director, ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH Ludwig-Engel-Strasse 1, A-4311 Schwertberg/Austria, Tel.: 011 43 50 6200, Fax: 011 43 50 620 3009 Email: [email protected]
Susanne Zinckgraf, Manager Public Relations, ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH, Ludwig-Engel-Straße 1, A-4311 Schwertberg/Austria, PR-Office: Theodor-Heuss-Str. 85, D-67435 Neustadt/Germany, Tel.: +49 (0) 6327 9769902 Fax: +49 (0) 6327 9769903 E-mail: [email protected]
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