Schleifenbauer invests in new assembly line for small series of rack PDUs

Last week, Schleifenbauer – producer of rack PDUs and energy meters – started a new assembly line in 's-Hertogenbosch. The new assembly line is specifically intended for small series of rack PDUs, demos and prototypes.

This expansion, together with the current assembly line at partner HARTING Benelux, will increase the total production capacity and make the production process more efficient.

Hans Kik, sales director: “We are increasingly receiving requests from customers for a small series of PDUs, a demo or prototype. In addition, we also regularly identify opportunities in the market, which we want to capitalise on with innovation and product development. This, combined with our growth and the increasing demand for our products, makes it increasingly challenging to produce such small production quantities quickly and get them to the customer.”

Managing director Alain Schuermans adds: “Our regular assembly process is increasingly geared towards efficiency and the production of larger batches of PDUs, in order to meet our production times and deliveries to our customers. Being able to work from two assembly locations from now on, each with its own work process and objective, gives us several advantages. On the one hand, we are able to create even more efficiency and speed in the production of large series and on the other hand, to respond quickly and adequately to a customer request with limited scope.”

The new assembly area has been built at Schleifenbauer's own production site in 's-Hertogenbosch and is managed in-house, allowing for quick and hands-on communication with the engineering, production and sales teams.