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Mekoprint invests DKK 30 million

With an investment of DKK 30 million in automation and new technology in Mekoprint’s metal division at Fåborgvej in Aalborg, Denmark, Mekoprint A/S accentuates its growth strategy and its goal of keeping industrial production and jobs in Denmark.

The need for investment became more urgent due to considerable, actual orders and the investment will have a positive impact on the competitiveness. The news about the new production concept has already resulted in inquiries from potential customers. Mekoprint Mechanics produces customised user interface solutions, cabinets and sheet metal forming of steel, stainless steel and aluminium and our range also includes powder coating, serigraphy and anodizing of aluminium.

- Our customers are medium-sized and large industrial conglomerates in Europe. Their demands for fast product development, high and consistent quality, flexible deliveries and not least competitive prises are high. With the new production lines we will have more processes under our own roof and can solve new types of assignments. At the same time, we will be able to produce very small product series just as efficiently as the large ones, tells CEO Esben Kold, Mekoprint A/S.

A high degree of automation and the newest technologies are essential for Danish companies to keep, and maybe even expand, our industrial production. Although Mekoprint also has its own production in Poland and established, certified cooperation partners in Asia, we still wish to maintain jobs in Aalborg. During times when other companies have cut down, Mekoprint Mechanics have hired more people. This means that Fåborgvej now has nearly 100 employees. I do not expect the increased automation to cost jobs in the long run. Increased competitiveness and order intake will create growth in our related processes and therefore we will always need dedicated employees.

The investment programme includes, among other things, a fully automatic production line producing punched, fiber laser cut, bent items. The line will be ”fed” directly from the inventory and after one non-stop, automated work-flow the finished products will emerge on the other end of the line. Moreover, an advanced fiber laser will be installed. The equipment is produced by the Italian Salvagnini and is the first of its kind in Northern Europe. The project also includes a robot production cell for fiber laser welding and a dispatch building with loading ramp for fast delivery of finished goods.

The fiber laser technology is extremely fast and as it consumes 70 % less energy than traditional CO2 laser, this new technology helps underpin Mekoprint’s environmental profile.

Mekoprint’s metal division, which had a turnover of DKK 95 in 2010/2011, is one of five divisions of the Mekoprint Group. The other four are located in Støvring. Last year, the net turnover of Mekoprint amounted to DKK 285 million resulting in a profit of DKK 20 before tax. 60 % of the production in the five divisions is exported.

In 1973, Esben Kold took over the management of Mekoprint A/S after his farther, Erland Kold, who established a graphic company and metal sign factory in Aalborg in 1954.

For more information on Mekoprint’s products and technology offer, please contact: CEO Esben Kold

Tel.: +45 25 59 08 70

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Web: www.mekoprint.dk