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Robopac Smart Factory is an ongoing project. From the revision of the production layout of the Robopac Machinery plant in San Marino to the integration of I4.0 technologies designed to improve process efficiency: a model to be replicated from a Group perspective.
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otivated by the need to increase production and the opportunity to fully grasp the trend of a fast growing market, the “Robopac Smart Factory” project started from the Robopac Machinery plant in San Marino in 2018. First step of the collaboration between Porsche Consulting and the young, expert engineers of the Robopac team: revision of the production layout of the plant, followed by the selection of digital technologies to be adopted. «Our goal was to further improve process flexibility and efficiency - says Enrico Aureli, CEO of Robopac - as well as predicting a 50% increase in the production capacity of the San Marino plant. We want to get to the top of automation and digitalization, while continuing to enhance the people who remain at the centre of our business strategy ... Because if technology helps us maximize productivity and flexibility, ensuring a rapid and thorough analysis capacity, human intelligence is as ever at the basis of the programming and the optimisation of all processes». To develop the “Smart Factory” project, first level technological partners were chosen, also from a Group perspective, to then adopt the results obtained, over time, in all the plants. After the pilot plant in San Marino, in fact, all the other plants will be involved in a process of further automation
and digitalization, each according to its characteristics. Investing in continuous improvement The Smart Factory project did not start suddenly, but is the result of constant investments that have allowed Robopac to reach operating stand-
What’s happening in the other Italian factories of the Group? The principles of Lean Production have also already been implemented in the other Italian factories of the Group. In Castel San Pietro Terme (Bologna) - Robopac headquarters since 2018 - where the Dimac automatic machines (Robopac Packers) are produced, the plant is equipped with a motorized line and is already set up on the infrastructure front for further modernization steps and digitalization, which will start from the logistics side. The Robopac Systems plant in Villa Verucchio (Rimini) and the OCME plant in Parma, thanks to the collaboration of the Group’s technological partners already identified, will also complete their path towards the Smart Factory over the 2021-2024 period.
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ards aligned with the most modern production standards. In this regard, we would like to remind you of the introduction as far back as 2008 – hence in a downturn - of the Lean Production methodologies, successfully implemented to guarantee complete customer satisfaction: reduction of the Time To Market; transparency in viewing the progress of the order, ensuring the certainty of deliver and increase of the intrinsic quality of the product… On the other hand, the construction of the new Robopac Machinery plant in San Marino dates back to 2011, another fundamental step in the company path aimed at increasing production capacity, efficiency and quality in support of a competitiveness capable of generating profit and fueling growth plans. In 2018, supported by the robust increase in turnover and by a market that opened up further development spaces, with capacity exploited almost to the limit and analysing the time horizon of 3-5 years, it was therefore assessed that Lean Production had now become the company’s cul-
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