Esprit, Hendriks and Vijverberg say, “None, in particular molds and dies.” Employees who’ve worked at Doeko for at least ten years
have seen its production increase by 40–50%. “We have many more customers from new sectors, and they are more and more demanding,” Hendriks says. “They can easily compare and put us in competition with other companies, so we have to be the best. The products have changed, too, certainly due to the technical advances. They are more complex, as well as the machines, and our job now is to make everything work perfectly.” In fact, this Dutch com- pany is getting ready to face the future. From its beginning, Doeko has diversified and developed production, making the hard decisions, taking risks, and investing in complex machines and software. The current demand is such that Doeko enlarged its shop floor in 2012, invested in four new multitasking machines and five-axis machines, and is cur- rently recruiting new engineers. Greenock will train them in
A medical part for a hip prosthesis manufactured at Doeko.
the turning and mill-turn functionalities of Esprit and new postprocessors. ME For more information on DP Technology Corp. go to www.dptechnology.com, or telephone 805-388-6000.
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