Pneumatics specialist Aventics, which has production sites in Germany, France, Hungary, the USA and China, is the result of previous mergers that brought together Westinghouse Air Brake Company, Bosch Automation, Mannesmann Rexroth AG and AB Mecman.
Aventics Hungary started its digitalisation in 2008 and through industry 4.0 solutions has reduced lead-times by more than 40% in the past decade. Recovery of disruptions has become faster, there have been fewer complaints, while productivity and efficiency have improved, with a 10% increase in on-time delivery achieved. Meanwhile, the number of production lines has grown from 18 to 54 and the number of staff from 290 to 570.
“Over the past 10 years, we have been launching several development projects at our production site in Eger [Hungary], including, for example, paperless production and an online production tracking system connecting our equipment to a network,” says István Gödri, managing director of Aventics Hungary. “Overall, we have integrated various solutions offering return along with a tangible increase in efficiency, helping us give a better response to challenges of the market. Repetitive and monotonous tasks in the production process have been automated or robotised, and the human resources thus relieved are used for activities with higher added value.”
The ‘Factory of the Year’ contest is a national competition organised by the publishing group PPH Média and sponsored by the Hungarian Ministry of the National Economy. For the second time after 2017, an independent jury has evaluated significant industrial companies in the new Industry 4.0 category.
