Fanuc merges high level European operations
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All former Fanuc operations active on a Europe-wide scale are being merged into the new Fanuc Luxembourg Corporation (FLC), headquartered in Echternach, Luxembourg, with Olaf Gehrels (pictured), for many years European president of Fanuc Robotics, appointed FLC's president.
The move merges all of Fanuc's European divisions – Fanuc Robotics (industrial robots), Fanuc FA (factory automation, CNC systems, and drives), and Fanuc Robomachine Europe (milling machines, electric-powered injection-moulding presses, and wire-erosion machinery), under the aegis of a single parent corporation.
"We have instituted this restructuring, which we have been planning for quite a while, from a position of strength," said Olaf Gehrels. Fanuc's European-wide operations have nearly 800 employees and consolidated annual revenues of €600 million.
The regional organisational structures of its various subsidiaries, such as Fanuc Robotics Deutschland GmbH, Fanuc FA Deutschland GmbH, and Fanuc Robomachine Europe GmbH, will be retained. Wherever sensible, they will be supported by teams formed at the European level, as was recently the case in the automotive area, and efforts aimed at providing support to customers active on transnational scales.
"Our growth targets demand a clear-cut organisational structure. Although we must remain highly mobile on a regional scale, we have to be able to project a strong corporate image European-wide," Mr Gehrels emphasised, adding: "The key to our success is the trusting relationships we have with our customers."
