Advanced technology for container production STRUMET, a company from Strumien, Poland, is one of the leading European manufacturers of steel containers used in transportation and storage systems.
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TRUMET was founded in 1995, following the privatisation process of the state-owned company that faced a crash at that time. “Our first task was to get the company out of debt,” Wojciech Szczypka, the STRUMET vice-president and production director, recalls. “Since then, we have continued to grow. We have invested more than 90 per cent of our return into the company’s development. The long path we’ve been through for 23 years can be illustrated by the increase in the company’s employment. In the 1990s, our team was only 45–50 people, now we employ 520 people, have 60 external workers and 500 subcontractors. In total, 1100 people work for us.” In 2005, STRUMET received the certificate of the Quality Management System to the ISO 9001 standard. The company also has the certificate forFactory Production Inspection according to EN 1090 and the quality certificate of welding works according to EN ISO 3834-2. The Galvanising Institute in Gliwice has classified STRUMET to the 1st Large Plants Group pursuant to the requirements of PN-M-69009. 210 Industry Europe
In March 2008, the company opened its Hot Dip Zink Plant, which is one of the largest plants of this kind in Poland. It is equipped with state-of-the-art devices and machines that make it possible to obtain high zinc-coat quality combined with high efficiency. In 2015–2017, the fire galvanising line was modernised and extended. A new chamber with pickling kettles was also commissioned and a kettle for liquid zinc was replaced with a larger one. Since 2012, many investments have been made in new technologies, galvanising, warehouses, CNC hall and powder coatings. The indoor production space increased to 45,000m², while the company’s total area covers 10 ha. STRUMET’s annual sales in 2016 were estimated as PLN 220 million (€52.4 million), including PLN 175 million (more than €41.6 million) from export sales. STRUMET sells its products all over Europe as well as to Turkey, Mexico and the USA. In September 2017 STRUMET received Environmental Management System certification according to the ISO 14001:2015 standard.
