Kalmar awarded Fortaco as Partner of Year 2017
Fortaco was awarded as Partner of Year 2017 at Kalmar’s Supplier Day in Szczecin, Poland.
Great work has been done at Fortaco Business Sites in Holic, Janow Lubelski, Kurikka, Narva and Wroclaw.
Recognizion was also given to Fortaco CabTech team for the great work during the last year.
Picture from left: Lars Hellberg, President & CEO, Fortaco Group, June Aiello, Senior Vice President, Sourcing, Kalmar, Erik Gustafsson, Key Account Manager, Fortaco, Antti Kaunonen, President & CEO Kalmar.
Fortaco at Donsö 2017 Exhibition
Let's meet there!
The one place to be in 2017 is Donsö, an island off the west coast of Sweden. More than 600 representatives from a wide range of shipping companies and more than 180 exhibiting suppliers are coming to Donsö on
September 5-6.
Fortaco is also there, please visit us at our stand C34 to explore our offering to the maritime industry.
Welcome!
Fortaco team
Fortaco at Subcontracting Trade Fair 2017
Finland's leading industry trade fair takes place in Tampere on 26 - 28 September focusing on a partnership network. The number of visitors was record high last year, over 18.000 professionals from different industrial fields.
Fortaco businesses, Cabin, Steel Fabrication and Vehicle Assembly are represented at the fair, as well as our new Technology Department. Our people will tell you more, how we can toghether shape your industry through our solutions and services. You can find us in our traditional place - in the main hall, booth A630.
Fortaco Estonia celebrated its 70th anniversary
On the 18th of May a 70 Year Anniversary was celebrated at the Fortaco factory in Narva. The factory was founded in 1947. During the decades we have developed equipment and apparatus for the nuclear physics industry and products for agricultural, aerospace, medical as well as electrics industries. Our factory in Narva is one of Fortaco’s five steel fabrication factories with long-lasting experience in steel processing.
The official part of celebrations with speeches and factory tours took place on 18 May and on 19 May the factory was open for employees, their families and former employees. About thousand people visited us in two days. All our guests noted the high level of production today.
Before the opening ceremonies, Fortaco Estonia announced a major facility expansion. There are plans underway to build a new production building with a floor area of 10,000 m2. The total investment to be as high as 10 MEUR in the coming years. With the facility expansion Fortaco Estonia creates 150 new jobs at the factory in Narva.
We would like to express thanks to our customers, business partners, state representatives and regional authorities, who joined our celebrations. Also, we would like to thank our employees for their dedication and hard work by making tomorrow better than today.
As a symbol of good customer relationship, each of our customers planted an own tree in front of the factory.
Moments from the celebration, the first part only in Russian.
New high-tech equipment inaugurated at Business Site Jászberény
New automated, high-tech construction equipment for the boom production has been inaugurated at Business Site Jászberény. High-performance welding robots were introduced on 5 April, the local government and the member of the Hungarian Parliament participated in a ceremony.
Dr. Szabó Tamás, Mayor of Jászberény City and Mr. Pócs János, member of the Hungarian Parliament wished welcome the large-scale development at Fortaco Jászberény factory, which is also celebrating the 66 year anniversary of Jászberény this year.
Mr. Uwe Sträter, Business Site Director highlighted the growth path of Fortaco, and especially of Jászberény factory in 2017.
In the ceremony Dr. Szabó Tamás, Mr. Pócs János and Mr. Uwe Sträter were cutting the color ribbon and they started new welding robots by pushing the button in the presence of media.
With this kind of high-tech equipment development the efficiency of welding and steel structures is increasing Fortaco production capacity at Business Site Jászberény.
Fortaco reshaping the way things are produced in the rolling stock market
Fortaco Business Site Wrocław in Poland has been audited successfully by TUV SUD and obtained a certificate for 15085-2:2007. Fortaco is ready and committed to continue its journey to reshape the way things are produced - now also in the rolling stock industry.
For further information, please contact Erik Gustafsson, Key Account and Sales Manager.
Fortaco Oy has finalized divestment of Business Unit Machining to Komas Oy
Fortaco Oy has finalized the divestment of BU Machining - Business Site Härmä and Sastamala Machining - to Komas Oy on 31 March 2017. As a result of the transaction the business and employees of Business Site Härmä and Sastamala Machining have been transferred to Komas Oy. Personnel has been transferred as old employees. The financial details of the transaction are not disclosed.
For further information, please contact:
Kimmo Raunio
Senior Vice President & CFO
Fortaco Group Oy
Tel. +358 40 593 6854
Fortaco Oy on saanut päätökseen koneistusliiketoiminnan, Härmän ja Sastamalan koneistusyksiköiden myynnin Komas Oy:lle 31.3.2017. Transaktion myötä kyseisten yksiköiden liiketoiminta ja työntekijät siirtyvät Komasille Oy:lle. Henkilöstö siirtyy Komasin palvelukseen vanhoina työntekijöinä. Osapuolet eivät julkista kauppahintaa.
Lisätiedot:
Kimmo Raunio
Senior Vice President & CFO
Fortaco Group Oy
Tel. +358 40 593 6854
The pioneer of transport technology
Fortaco Group is among the pioneers to carry out the revolution in public transportation. The company is manufacturing a new type of fast-charging electric bus for Linkker.
The first batch of electric buses manufactured by Fortaco Group were delivered to Linkker this summer. The buses are manufactured at Fortaco Sastamala Business Site. Fortaco Group is one of Europe’s largest subcontractors in heavy equipment manufacturing.
“This is a significant project, and we believe it’s only the beginning. The future potential of the electric bus market in Europe is around 5,000 vehicles by the year 2020,” says Jussi Malmi, Senior Vice President, Business Unit Assembly, Fortaco Group.
The cooperation with Linkker is an example of Fortaco’s comprehensive service portfolio. Fortaco is responsible for the project management, sourcing, material logistics and manufacturing of the buses, as well as quality and testing. Linkker is responsible for the sales and marketing of the innovative system they have developed and launched. Linkker’s background is in extensive R&D work carried out at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.
Light weight, quiet and emission-free
Malmi points out that Fortaco’s competitive advantage lies especially in its ability to handle the entire sourcing process of the large-scale projects. Fortaco also possesses solid and versatile knowhow in the assembly of heavy machinery. “Regarding this project, special skills were required in handling the chassis, made of aluminium. In addition, the bus interior includes an unusually large amount of parts that need to be glued,” Malmi says.
An extremely light chassis structure, combined with a fast charging system for batteries developed by Linkker, makes electric city buses very competitive. Since January 2016, Helsinki Regional Transport has tested two buses with good results. An electric bus can operate with the same frequency as the diesel-powered vehicle, but without the vibration and noise of a traditional bus. The experience is more pleasant to the passengers and improves the driver’s working conditions. And most importantly, the city bus operates with zero emissions.
“We are pleased to incorporate our expertise and broad sourcing network into such a partnership. Thisis exactly the kind of project that responses to current needs: it creates work opportunities in Finland and opens promising export opportunities for environmentally friendly technology,” Malmi says.
Further information
Jussi Malmi
Senior Vice President, Business Unit Assembly
+358 45 146 8355
Latest machine investment in Wroclaw in full swing
Fortaco Business Site Wroclaw has invested in the state of the art 16 m floor type milling and boring machine - SORALUCE FP 16000 - with higher precision, faster reaction time and possibility to cover the wide spectrum of machining requirements. Due to the high precision and flexibility of the machine, not only the new machining possibilities for large sized workpieces are generated, but also the capability to work for new industrial sectors.
With the available traverses of 16.000 x 3.200 x 1.300 mm (X,Y,Z) and the two rotary and travelling tables with the linear axes of 2.000 mm, SORALUCE FP 16000 deserves to be called a multipurpose milling and boring machine, which offers exceptional versatility and enables increased productivity.
We are looking forward to interesting business opportunities together with our customers.
For further information please do not hesitate to contact Erik Gustafsson, Sales Manager, Business Site Wroclaw.
Successfully implemented Continuous Improvement Project with HIAB
Hiab SRM², Case Study 2, published on October 10, 2016 by Hans Lindblom, VP Hiab Global Sourcing.
Fortaco Estonia, one of Hiab's preferred suppliers, has achieved great results as an outcome of a Continuous Improvement Project implemented at the Business Site Narva. Examples of Hiab products include inner booms, extensions, outrigger beams and the biggest bases. This time, the project scope was boom components supplied to MAU Zaragoza, one of Hiab customers.
The achieved results were significant
Hiab has invested in supplier relations management (SRM) and preferred suppliers. The achieved results at Fortaco Business Site in Narva were significant:
Production productivity increased 10%.
Total component cost reduced 4%.
Project lead time, from start to end, reduced by 30% compared to the previous project.
Implementation of improvements
The first major improvement implemented was a new layout with a clear material flow and 5S principle (sort, set in order, shine, standardise and sustain).
Minimising the overprocessing was another improvement. Together with the Quality and R&D in Zaragoza the clear instructions were created regarding grinding. And the next step to improve the jig design. Thanks to the Zaragoza Loader Cranes crew for their support !
A fact-based monitoring of the component production process was made and filmed, and results were analysed.
The key enabler for the success is a long-term relationship and a continuous improvement approach. Further success factors are openness and the great team.