NEWS 40 years for Italian hose clamp manufacturer


In 1971 Silvano Rainati founded Nordic Metalblok for the production of metal hose clamps in Italy. This year the company proudly celebrates its 40 year anniversary.


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Fabory headquarters in Tilburg, the Netherlands. The current warehouse is reportedly too small and with labour costs in Czech Republic increasing, manual picking is becoming more and more expensive. Fabory asked Vanderlande to design an automated system for a new ‘green fi eld’ warehouse. Vanderlande was responsible for the ‘goods-to-man’ based Compact Picking System at Fabory’s warehouse in Tilburg, which it is currently upgrading. Brno Vanderlande designed a Zone Picking System, containing 16


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standard shelf pick locations divided over two fl oors. Six pick locations on the ground fl oor are also equipped with fl ow racks to replenish the shelves more effi ciently. After order picking, the cartons are transported towards the shipping area for quality control, packing, automatic labelling and strapping and sortation (capacity of 300 order cartons per hour). The system and process are controlled by Vanderlande’s VISION Warehouse Control System, interfaced with the SAP host system. The project will start on site early 2011.


hrough the years the company has evolved from a handicraft factory to a modern industrial production facility, applying a long process of research and development to develop its product and brands to the level of reputation Nordic


Metalblok now enjoys. That constant growth, consolidated over time means Nordic


Metalblok can lay claim to being the “unique Italian manufacturer of metal hose clamps”. The company is clear that, with the support and trust of its clients and cooperation of its suppliers, it has won market share through the quality and performance of its clamping


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technology compared with many competitors that focus on price. “The value of our original products are well appreciated on the


market because we have never compromised our quality,” says Nordic Metalblok. “The soul of this company is the intellectual and moral concept of life of its founder and his descendants, who continue to implement this concept – which has been the foundation for developing the Nordic Metalblok ‘Made in Italy’ brand at home and in many other countries. We want to thank all our internal staff, our clients and suppliers, who believed in our choices and work with us to face the new challenges that lie ahead”.


New picking system for Fabory Brno


Vanderlande Industries has been selected to implement a Zone Picking System for a new Fabory distribution warehouse in Brno, Czech Republic.


n a media release Vanderlande, which has a long-standing relationship with Fabory, says the project will go into operation in mid 2011. Fabory branches in Eastern European countries are supplied from a central warehouse in Brno, in turn fed from the


BakFin achieves TS 16949 accreditation


Baker & Finnemore has announced that it has successfully obtained accreditation to the internationally recognised ISO quality standard TS 16949.


where strict control of procedures is necessary. “As part of our continuous improvement policy


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it has been our ambition to progress our quality standard from ISO9001 to the TS standard. We have to thank the team effort at the company and our many customers who have provided the drive which propelled us to achieving it”, said Paul Yates, director of sales. Baker & Finnemore has


also recognised the importance and benefi ts of protecting the environment and has successfully obtained accreditation to the environmental standard ISO14001.


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ertifi cation to this demanding standard is a requirement for manufacturers supporting the international automotive market and any other industry sector


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