Chemistry and engineering: A successful marriage

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TURCK

TURCK is a leading manufacturer in the field of industrial automation.

With more than 3,200 employees working in 27 countries and representatives in further 60 states, the family owned enterprise achieves a turnover of approx.. 430 millions euro in 2012. With a wide range of sensors, fieldbus, interface, connectivity and RFID products, TURCK offers highly efficient solutions for factory and process automation. The company has continued to set new standards with superior products such as the RFID solution BL ident, revolutionary uprox®+ sensors without reduction factor or ultra-compact and modular fieldbus and remote I/O systems, also for use in explosion hazardous areas. With production sites in Germany, Switzerland, USA, Mexico and China, today TURCK succeeded in adapting to the conditions of local markets.

“We have been working with AIUT for 10 years. We’ve realized together many domestic and European projects in different industries. TURCK products are also applied in AIUT’s telemetry device. AIUT is our strategic partner” – said Piotr Glinka, Managing Director of TURCK Poland.

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- a global supplier of supply sources.

The main activity: • Battery packs design • Production and assembling • Supplier of cells and batteries (nickel-cadmium Ni-Cd, nickel-hydride Ni-Mh, lithium-ion Li-Ion and NMC, lithium-polymer Li-Poly, lithium-manganic Li-Mn2O4, lithium-iron-phosphate Li-FePO4, alkaline cells, 3,0V and 3,6V lithium cells, maintenance free lead-acid batteries in AGM and gel technologies) • Authorized supplier for armed forces and NATO • Integrator and contractor of photovoltaic systems

www.wamtechnik.pl

WAMTECHNIK Sp. z o.o. | 24, Zawodzie STR | 02-981 Warszawa | Poland Tel: +48 22 701 26 00 | Fax: +48 22 701 26 01 | E-mail: office@wamtechnik.pl

Wamtechnik Sp. z o.o.

Wamtechnik Sp. z o.o. was founded in 1992 as a Polish-German joint venture company. We started assembling battery packs for Polish producers of emergency lighting and metering equipment. Today Wamtechnik is a well-known producer of power supply systems and battery packs, designed and produced by our specialists. Our product is used worldwide in devices demanding portable sources of energy, mainly in power tools, medical and measuring equipment, electric vehicles and battery backup. We design and produce power supply systems based on the newest technology. Our production plant of approx. 2,000 sq metres, the biggest one of this kind in Poland, provides workplaces for over 100 employees. Our offer consists of: - battery packs assembling - distribution of batteries and cells: nickel-cadmium Ni-Cd, nickel-hydride Ni-Mh, lithium-ion Li-Ion and NMC, Lithiumpolymer Li-Poly, lithium-manganic Li-Mn2O4, lithium-ironphosphate Li-FePO4, alkaline cells, 3,0V and 3,6V lithium cells - distribution of: maintenance free lead-acid batteries in AGM and gel technologies, fixture, cables and connectors - photovoltaic systems: modules, inverters and controllers,

PV power stations, ready to use photovoltaic sets, photovoltaic and hybrid lamps, components for PV systems.

of its activities. The company has already purchased an additional plot of land where a new warehouse will be erected. This will enable it to convert the current storage facility into a brand new extension of the production hall. “I expect this will happen in two to three years’ time,” predicts Mr Gabryś. In term of staff, we continue to employ new people and really focus on young engineering graduates, as well as engineering students in their last years of university, offering them an opportunity of gaining work experience and training. It is really important as the areas of our activities are directly linked to innovation generated by sharp, creative and well-educated engineers. I must point out that there many opportunities for engineers nowadays and it is a shame that there is a tendency for young people to avoid higher education in engineering.”

As previously explained, AIUT also realises the need to continuously expand its offer of products and services – for example, in automation, it now offers individual appliances, complete work stations as well as full production lines composed of robotic devices. “While the domestic market remains the primary geographical area of our work, we will nevertheless continue expanding across Europe, followed by the Middle Eastern markets,” concludes Mr Gabryś. “Our ongoing development will be generated by organic growth, which offers the strongest potential for further expansion of the business.” n

Put your money where the future lies: The Innovation Centre of the Rampf Group in Grafenberg is used mainly for laboratories and application technology. The group companies Rampf Tooling and Rampf Giessharze, which are also based in Grafenberg, are thus able to cater even more specifically to customer requirements.

No crevices, no edges: The 1:1 close contour cast of an automotive model made from Rampf Tooling’s RAKU-TOOL® Close Contour products continues to set new standards in model and mould making.

CHEMISTRY AND ENGINEERING: A SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE

The German company Rampf sells components for tool, plant and machine engineering, polyurethane castings and mineral casting machine beds to OEMs and Tier 1 companies in the most diverse industries worldwide. Marco Siebel speaks with CEO Michael Rampf.

The company history of Rampf may not be all that long, but this makes it all the more impressive. Founded in 1980 by Rudolf Rampf, the one-man operation quickly developed into one of the leading development partners and system suppliers for customised solutions in reactive casting resins, processing technologies and machine systems.

In 2011, company founder Rudolf Rampf retired from active operational management and handed over responsibility for the RAMPF Group’s business operations to his sons Michael and Matthias. This strongly characterises the corporate philosophy of the company: “We place great emphasis on ensuring the

‘Discover the future’: The company works from modern laboratory facilities. Thinking outside the box and developing innovative solutions are key priorities.

sustainability of our business activities and our independence as a family-run company,” Michael Rampf says. “The corporate culture established by our father, which embodies a passion for innovation, entrepreneurial drive, fairness, a down-to-earth approach and total commitment, is something that the management team strives to continue.”

The group’s headquarters is based in Grafenberg near Stuttgart, Germany. Rampf has three production sites in south-west Germany. Its subsidiary in Taicang on the outskirts of Shanghai, China, has another production site and the subsidiary in the USA has one each in Georgia and Michigan. A partner in Osaka, Japan, produces Rampf tooling products under a licence agreement.

In the financial year 2012/13, Rampf Holding GmbH & Co. KG employed 560 people, of whom 450 worked in Germany. They generated sales of over €122.9 million (3 per cent up on the previous year, 30 per cent up on sales five years ago).

And the company is set for further growth. Michael Rampf: “In 2012/2013 we have invested €5.2 million in expanding our production capacities worldwide and for the financial year 2013/1014 we have €7.4 million reserved for the investment budget.” Group companies

Rampf Tooling is the group’s producer of liquid, paste, close contour and board materials for model, mould and toolmaking. It sells an important quantity of its innovative products and solutions for lightweight construction to the aerospace industry. Applications range from cockpit covers and helicopter cabin roofs, produced via galvano bath model and nickel shell lay-up tools, to wings and acoustic panels, produced via low temperature prepreg lay-up tools.

Rampf Dosiertechnik is one of the leading manufacturers of low-pressure mixing and dispensing systems and serves customers in the automotive, electrical, household appliance and filter industries. A particular asset of the company, which has been part of the international Rampf Group since 2003, is its broadranging product portfolio. This stretches from simple manual systems all the way through to fully automated production plants.

Rampf Giessharze has specialised in the development, production and sale of resin systems made of polyurethane, epoxy and silicones since 1980. Its product portfolio includes liquid and thixotropic sealing systems, electro and engineering casting resins, edge and filter casting resins and two-component

Rampf’s products and solutions are also applied in the aerospace industry. For this gyrocopter, polyurethane board material from Rampf Tooling was used to prepare moulds/tools for carbon fibre parts. © With kind permission from Autogyro GmbH.