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The manufacturing network of Ernst consists of several locations worldwide, some of which belong to the company group, some to supplying partners.
As in the early days all company processes still point to the original core competence, which is operational excellence. It ensures that sustainable value is created. From this core the company has grown continuously since the beginning in a former joiners workshop. The peak quality manufacturing competence of Ernst shows the companies ability to preserve its roots in spite of strong growth.
Progressive Tooling
Progressive tooling offers extremely economical production by combining several process steps such as stamping, bending, drawing and coining operations in one tool. While the initial costs in development and design are slightly higher, they are quickly recovered through a speedy and efficient production procedure >>>
Transfer Forming
Transfer technology is particularly suitable for a medium degree of deformation combined with horizontal operations (piercing, coining etc.) >>>
Deep-Drawing
A high degree of deformation, tight tolerances, fully automated forming - these are some of the advantages of this production technology. In a chipless forming process deep-drawn components are produced on fully automatic multiple-die presses >>>
Sub-Assemblies
The production of ready-to-mount sub-assemblies is the result of intensive customer orientation. The combination of various production techniques results in ready-to-mount products from a single source. Semi- and fully- automatic assembly systems assure quality and cut costs >>>
Volume has considerable impact on price per piece. Even at a volume of several millions. Attractive economies of scale can be achieved with higher volumes. On the customers side this is a challenge for the management of varieties.
For Ernst it is all about highest flexibility and shortest downtimes. Yet this can assure only maximum equipment efficiency. The often underestimated cost segment of project management, development and tool building is an unproportional liability at lower volumes.
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