If you are not afraid of heights, then Alimak is the right place for you. The company designs, produces and maintains lifts that bring crane drivers to their cabin. But also systems that allow window cleaners to operate safely at great heights. As a specialist in vertical transport solutions for construction and industry the group has gained a strong market position. In order to maintain an undivided focus on their core activities, they regularly turn to itsme Industrial Automation for technical support.

The innovative storage solutions Bruynzeel produces in Panningen in Limburg \(the Netherlands\) are distributed all over the world. Almost all their products are custom-made, but this doesn’t stop Bruynzeel from achieving tight delivery times. And with that in mind, smoothly running machinery becomes all the more important. So when a number of safety light curtains were in need of replacement, it was essential to act quickly. A collaboration with Leuze and itsme provided support.

Vibration sensors improve reliabliability in food industyr. Faster, higher, further – there are compelling arguments for many investments and a return on investment can usually be calculated with just a few clicks of the mouse. It is, however, more difficult to prove the need for a purchase if an event might not even happen in the first place. Food producer Greenland Seafood has now decided to invest in the reliability of its equipment and has installed a system to monitor critical motors.

An annual yield of about 700,000 tons of deep-frozen potato products, divided over four sites, demands an intensive maintenance of machinery. In this case, a standardised work environment is no superfluous luxury. The biggest challenge for the transition from reactive to methodical? Getting the whole organisation to go along. “You know that there will be a moment of chaos.” Agristo got help from itsme with this.

The ability to adapt to change is key for a business’s competitiveness and, for those based on technology, it is essential to have good technical advice in order to move forward. itsme ELEKTRES is the ideal partner in such cases. As well as its first-hand experience with top brands and manufacturers, it also offers a full technical support service, from the analysis of the client’s needs to implementation of equipment, as well as any changes that may be needed in the future.

Coca-Cola European Partners Belgium boosts safety, traceability and efficiency with ID card 11 million drinks, 90,000 customers, 21 brands : in Belgium as elsewhere, everyday life without Coca-Cola is unthinkable. At the Coca-Cola European Partners Belgium plant in Wilrijk, five production lines produce some 4,000 pallets of soft drinks a day. To make certain everything runs safely and smoothly, the machines were recently fitted with a centrally managed RFID access control system from Siemens.

When itsme ES Elektro became a logistics integrator for CSi Romania, ensuring a large share of its purchases, it brought about an innovative project in the collaboration between the two entities: EDI connection. Two years down the road, thanks to an EDI connection, CSi already manages to greatly reduce the lead and delivery times, which naturally leads to an increase in the number of orders.

Often, talking about custom solutions means talking about innovation. In these cases, there is a specific need that requires a new development or the adaptation of solutions already out there. It is necessary to study the requirements in depth in order to provide the most efficient solution.

How does an organisation ensure the transition from start-up to scale-up to go smoothly? For fast-growing Kind Technologies the answer partly lay in scalability: not only growing fast, but above all efficiently and smartly. Together with Rittal and itsme they took a closer look at the production process of their enclosures. By partially outsourcing the assembly work, the lead time has been reduced from four weeks to just one week.

From fresh pineapple to bite-size portions of fruit in a resealable bucket. The Piñabar makes it possible in less than 20 seconds. For a customer in a supermarket it is just a matter of pressing a button. For Pierre van de Braak, director at Dutch International Manufacturing \(DIM\) and the inventor of the Piñabar, a complex process preceded it. Being a machine manufacturer, he got support from Schneider Electric, S2 and itsme for the electrotechnical section of the machine.

Good feedback enhances every result. The same applies to the itsme Group’s new web platform for which customers shared their experiences during the testing phase. One of them is Jurgen Janssens of ECJ Automation from Gierle, Belgium. At the request of itsme Breemes he went through, and tested the platform before it went live. “Functionality comes first. And that has been well thought out with this platform.”

The smelting of aluminium requires breaking through a thick crust of cryolite, countless times in a row, at high temperatures. For Damco Aluminium Delfzijl Coöperatie therefore, using an ordinary cylinder was not an option. This in contrast with the new crust-breaker. Designed by IMI Norgren and supplied by itsme, this cylinder will last for years and is good for many breakings through.

Headquartered in Sint-Truiden, Belgium, with production lines in Germany, Mexico, China and Romania, VCST is one of the world’s largest manufacturers and suppliers for the automotive industry. It is part of the Belgian BMT Group, with business in various industries, in all corners of the world.

itsme Technical Support is there for all your questions about industrial automation. Product specialists look into the problem along with the customer and share their thoughts with them; be it at the head office in the Netherlands or at the offices abroad. Feel free to call it a challenge in this rapidly changing world to have all the knowledge at the ready, but that’s what it is all about for his team, says itsme’s William van Heel.

Automation is comprised of a collection of technological elements that have brought various benefits to the industry, making it key to improving the efficiency of production processes. This is not just achieved through machinery, but also through a qualified human team that decides which machines to use and how to do it.

The project that Marius Nodiș, cobot specialist at ES Elektro Romania, is currently working on, is likely to become the missing link between the manufacturers of collaborative robots and their end beneficiaries. When an industrial company buys one, or 10, or 100 collaborative robots, it receives an instruction manual for each of them.

Johnson&Johnson puts the environment first in their Healthy Future 2015 program. itsme Lighting Technology supports the realisation of concrete targets in the fields of CO2 redustion, energy saving and personal safety. itsme Lighting Technology developed a lighting plan and set up a demo for both buidling, as well as outdoor lighting.

Imagine how valuable it would be if what you learned fits seamlessly into your every day practice – and when you are able to apply that new knowledge directly to your own projects. At Selo in Hengelo they can tell you all about it.

The meat industry accounts for approximately 2.1% of GDP and is the fourth largest motor driving the Spanish economy. Its strategic position and changing consumer habits mean the industry must carry out digital transformation in order to optimize its production model and respond to current demands for healthier value-added products. In 2017, FIBRAN, with 60 years of experience and manufacturers of innovative collagen casings for sausages and other

The increasing digitization of many manufacturing companies means that the complexity of measurement, control and automation equipment continues to increase. A control concept requested by the customer can quickly exceed the usual routine. The following example shows how, with good teamwork, a conventional metal heat treatment furnace has become a participant in the digital production network.

A company that is one of the oldest in its sector must be able to prove its flexibility on an ongoing basis. In the example of Chemiewerk Bad Koestritz this is guaranteed through the interplay of research and development with flexible plant engineering and automation, as well as through the consistent use of professional development opportunities.

Why wouldn't you take the step into the unknown? Even if you do not have the required knowledge, there is always a partner who does. At Van Rijnsbergen Elektrotechniek and PureBlue Water, they know what good collaboration leads to. Both companies relied on itsme Industrial Automation, with a successful solution as a result. They are can-do people at Van Rijnsbergen Electrical Engineering in Nieuw-Lekkerland. What do you expect? When you have been working in home and utility construction for years. Then it's a matter of getting on the building site, having things and materials at hand and getting started quickly. How different that is now, with projects in the marine & offshore. It is a completely different world, says work planner Dirk Mets, in which things are very different with strict safety requirements alone. “After all the preparations, it usually takes a day before we can get started.” That delay may be a minor setback, but other than that? Dirk feels at home in marine & offshore, which also applies to his father Theo, owner of Van Rijnsbergen Elektrotechniek. Whereas previously only the Netherlands was their field of work, they now travel all over the world. From Germany to Miami, from Finland to Dubai: Dirk and Theo get around. And that after a question from a customer, who called them in a few years ago for lighting and fire protection on a helideck. “Completely different from what we were used to”, says Theo, “but still nice. Dirk and I like to work abroad, it suits us.” And that residential and commercial construction? “That still remains a part of our company, although it is now mainly the five other ,employees who focus on it.”

Get to know AASYS. An industrial automation supplier from Hoogstraten, Belgium, with a wide range of services. Extensive knowledge has taken the company far, and furthermore the basic conditions for success are in order. Because, the guaranteed delivery times of components and the associated advice? These are also met thanks to a strong collaboration with Breemes.

A few years ago, CSi decided to make the switch to stockless production in order to increase its Return on Investment. CSi can realise this with the help of the Integrated Logistic Supplier project, which consists of four focus areas: appoint a Key Supplier, apply product alignment, automate data traffic and set up a VMI system.

Verstegen has laid down its sustainability goals in the Sustainable Values. The goal is for all internal processes to be CO2 neutral by 2020. Verstegen starts with matters such as the use of second-hand office furniture and reusing office materials for example. Circular purchasing on a technical level has proven to be more challenging than expected..