Holbox Gliwice fully operational

Team Poland has managed to get the new plant fully operational within four days. The new factory in Gliwice is running well, says plant manager Marcin Majchrzak. “Everyone worked on a public holiday and the weekend during the move. We couldn’t have achieved this without their efforts”, beams Marcin.

“THE TEAM IN POLAND CAN HANDLE MORE WORK. THE PREVIOUS LOCATION WAS BURSTING OUT OF IT SEAMS, THERE WAS SIMPLY NO ROOM.”

One of Marcin’s secret weapons is the calendar. “We have been operational from 10 January 2022. We deliberately chose that date because 6 January is a public holiday in Poland and 7 January is a bridge day for most companies. That means there was little traffic on the road. So we could transport our machines without problems and traffic jams. We managed to move and reconnect everything in four days. With the exception of two machines, we were fully operational by the tenth.”

Delivery

“After the move, we still faced a big challenge. We had to leave the old location in perfect condition. We had two weeks to do this. We were ready on the day of delivery; perfect timing.” Century

Recently, the Gliwice plant has purchased two new Century punching machines. In the meantime they have been delivered and are fully operational. “With three Century machines we can easily punch continuously. They also only need one operator. That saves us in personnel. We had also already hired a quality manager: Rafał. He is fully engaged in the quality of our production and delivered goods. Just like Frank in Echt. Last week, a warehouse/purchasing officer was hired who is responsible for both the warehouse and the purchasing of production materials.” Capacity

Marcin says that the team in Poland can handle more work. The previous location was bursting out of it seams, there was simply no room. The new factory facilitates eleven loading docks. There were three at the old location. “This is a big improvement for us. We can now load and unload many more cargoes at the same time.” Whether the factory in Gliwice will be able to cope with production when the head office moves from Echt to Roermond? “Yes definitely it can!” n