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Gears, brakes, couplings and engines
News Release from: Huco Dynatork
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 25 December 2006
Manufacturing expansion to shorten lead
times
Huco Dynatork has now taken on another manufacturing unit at its Hertford site.
Huco Dynatork's development in recent years is a real success story Now part of the Altra Group this Hertford-based manufacturer of precision motion control and power transmission products has quietly and consistently grown its business through greater export sales and the acquisition of new and complementary product lines
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 22 Feb 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Its appointment as UK distributor for Guardian engine couplings has also significantly increased turnover and as a result Huco Dynatork has now taken on another manufacturing unit at its Hertford site.
This move expands the company's manufacturing facility by a third.
"It will allow us to improve production flow and create individual product cells as part of our continuing commitment to bringing sustained order and efficiency to the workplace", explained Joint Managing Director David Lockett.
The initiative includes process improvement through kaisen, value-stream mapping, setup reduction and Six Sigma quality controls.
Lockett concludes "Our expansion will give us better visibility of production issues and improve information flow".
"Product lead times at Huco Dynatork are already pretty good but we expect this latest move to tighten these even more". Request free introductory details about products from Huco Dynatork ...
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