Welcome to Nor-Shipping
Fortaco team will be taking part in Nor-Shipping in Oslo on 4-7 April 2022. The maritime and ocean industries meet every two years to showcase innovations which deliver competitive advantage to their customers. Nor-Shipping attracts thousands of participants and hundreds of world’s leading maritime companies.
Fortaco has a decades of experience in component manufacturing, as well as ready assembled steel structures for leading OEMs in deck machinery, marine engines, and different energy solutions. In 2021, Fortaco expanded its footprint, we have a factory in Gruza, Serbia offering deck machinery and marine cranes. Winches, a-frames, and cranes are products which are familiar to the Gruza team.
We will participate in Nor-Shipping for the first time, you find us in Hall E, stand E02-19.
Welcome to meet our crew on 4-7 April.
Read more about Norshipping here
Russia and Ukraine update
Russia has launched an invasion of Ukraine and we are receiving updated news of escalation and increased military activity around the Donbass area, as well as other parts of Ukraine. Situation is developing rapidly, and its consequences to the business environment are unknown at this moment.
Fortaco does not see an immediate and direct disturbance at our operations in Central-Europe. The direct supply chain consequences are limited. However, we are aware that the Donbass area is an important source of raw material, supplying to many steel producers in our area.
We have Ukrainian workforce at some of our business sites. We will do our utmost to keep our people safe and operational during the crisis.
We are alerted and following the situation very closely. We will continue updating our stakeholders when development occurs. Please do not hesitate to contact your local Fortaco representatives for more information.
In the meantime, we hope everyone remains healthy.
FORTACO BUISARD CABINS - transaction closed
On December 14, 2021 we announced a strategic alliance, Fortaco Group and Buisard Cabins have joined forces and established the Fortaco Buisard Cabins entity within Fortaco Group.
We are happy to inform, the transaction has been closed on 4 January 2022.
Season's Greetings
Dear customers, business partners and colleagues,
We want to thank all of you for a good collaboration
in the extraordinary year 2021.
Fortaco team is wishing you a Peaceful Christmas Time
with your nearest ones and a Successful Year 2022.
Stay safe
Fortaco Team
Offering scope increased
Great developments continue, Fortaco has acquired a paintshop in Janow Lubelski, Poland. Both the plant and related machinery are included and they have been acquired from Alucrom, with whom we have cooperated since 2014.
The paintshop facility of 2.000 m2 was built in 2014 and it is located next to our existing factory in Janow Lubelski. Employees will be transferred to Fortaco. The transaction was signed on 20.12.2021 and the transfer of ownership is planned to take place on 31 March 2022.
We are confident that the control of the complete value chain will be highly beneficial in our business environment, and with this acquisition we will increase our scope of offering for new and existing customers. We want to thank Alucrom for the great cooperation during these years and throughout the acquisition process.
Honoured guests in Narva
Fortaco Estonia had a pleasure to welcome Mr. Alar Karis, President of Estonia, to the factory visit last week.
During his visit Mr. Karis was introduced to the latest development and extension of Fortaco operations in Narva, recent investments, demolition site and training center.
Larissa Shabunova, Managing Director of Fortaco Estonia, introduced the factory. Good discussions around the present market challenges were brought up, and also actions connected with finding and growing talented workforce.
Fortaco Estonia has trained more than 150 people this year, thanks to the dedicated work of the team. The factory has also invested greatly in new machinery, and a new welding robot.
President also visited power plants is Narva and discussed the prospects of Estonian energy sector with the management of Eesti Energia.
HR Award Success in Jaszbereny
Behavior HR magazine announced a contest for ”HR Manager of the Year” in Hungary last Autumn for the second time.
The award is given to HR managers, who have significantly contributed to the success of their company and stable development of organizational culture. These managers have outstanding performance and innovative HR solutions, and they care employee satisfaction greatly.
Viola Szabo, People & HR Manager at Fortaco’s Business Site Jaszbereny in Hungary was one of the thirteen HR professionals in a small business category, who took part in the contest.
The process started with the nomination of candidates, and those who accepted nomination prepared an application. The second step was a public voting via social media, and thereafter the jury completed the final list of five applicants in each categories: small business, mid-company and enterprise.
We are happy to tell you, based on the jury’s decision, Viola was awarded with the second place in the contest. Congratulations Viola, and thank you for your everyday effort and continued development!
Fortaco Group and Buisard Cabins have joined forces
We are happy to reveal Fortaco Group has joined forces and established the Fortaco Buisard Cabins entity within Fortaco Group.
Through this strategic alliance, we create a market leading vehicle cabin technology and manufacturing business serving the off-highway equipment industry as part of Fortaco Group. We both have respected and complementary customer portfolio, and the alliance will provide them optimized design and manufacturing solutions for best-in class cabins.
Buisard is the leading independent cabin specialist for low, medium and high-valume cabins. With robotized welding and painting lines, it produces over 120 cabins daily.
Together we will further develop vehicle cabin offerings worldwide. Sustainable future as one team is going to be formed with our great teams and broad know-how. We have already decided to invest in a robot welding line at Holic factory in Slovakia, similar to the line at Buisard factory in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, France, and in addition to extend the real estate floorspace for new sales program.
The transaction was signed 10.12.2021, closing to be on the first week of January. Read our press release, published on 14.12.2021
Fortaco at CEF 3-4 November
Construction Equipment Forum 2021 is taking place this week 3-4 November in Berlin.
Fortaco team will be attending two days, bringing knowledge about decentralized and authenticated data.
Last year we talked about the idea of SmartSteel, and this year we are showing our blockchain demo.
Blockchain could have many applications in construction industry, as decentralized and authenticated data might strongly influence on residual lifetime. Blockchain could help to achieve higher residual and sales value, decrease financial risk for leasing companies and many more.
Want to learn and see our demo? Come and meet us at CEF in Berlin next week.
More about the event:
https://www.constructionforum.eu/
Investments at Fortaco Narva factory
Beginning of summer, we started a demolition project of a huge old-time useless building in front of our factory. Along with a new, large parking lot, which will be located in the area of old building, we are welcoming our employees, customers, and all stakeholders to visit our factory. In addition to the new parking area, the demolition project will improve safety in surroundings. Also, the outlook of Narva city center will be improved.
In addition, we have good news in regard to investments in machinery. This year and beginning of next year, we will have five (5) different new machines: two CNC Correa machining centers, two bending presses of 200 t and 150 t and one laser cutting centre.
It is very hard to overestimate the importance of these investments in the current environment. With the new machines we will create additional capacity in prefabrication and final machining, which will increase total throughput, and secure our operations, and our customers' supply chain.
With these good news, we wish a good start for the autumn and businesses - and welcome you to visit Narva.
Below the main specification of new equipment.
2 CNC Correa machines - Norma MG
Dimensions: 700 x 850 cm; X: 3,5m Y: 1,5 m Z: 1,25m
2 bending presses of 200 t and 150 t - Beyeler Xpert
Bending table length 3,1 m
Laser cutting centre - Bystronic Bystar
Max. power 4400 w, laser medium CO2, transmitted wave length 10600 nm,
beam diameter 20 mm, polarization: circular, maximum sheet dimensions 4000 x 2000 mm,
material thickness 20 mm steel, 12 mm aluminum, 3 mm copper