Thomson strikes Swedish manufacturing operations to bigger facility to make room for continued busines
26.04.2023, KRISTIANSTAD, SWEDEN – Thomson Industries, Inc., a number one international supplier of linear movement management options, is transferring its Kristianstad, Sweden, operations into a bigger house to satisfy rising demand for its movement management know-how. The Kristianstad plant has been a steadily rising provider of Thomson electrical linear actuators and linear movement methods to European clients and is on observe for additional progress. The brand new facility is bigger, extra superior and can successfully help future enterprise progress.
“Strict adherence to security, high quality, supply, stock administration and productiveness excellence has fuelled our success, a lot in order that we’ve got outgrown our amenities. It might have been unimaginable so as to add new product strains or manufacturing capability in our unique location with out jeopardizing the basics that obtained us right here,” stated Peter Swahn, Web site Supervisor, Thomson Industries.
Thomson’s enterprise in Kristianstad has skilled regular progress since its inception in 1985 with 25 staff. The corporate’s progress has been pushed by rising adoption of its cleaner and smarter electrical actuators by industrial customers transitioning away from hydraulic cylinders in addition to the overarching developments towards automation to enhance human lives.
Situated about one kilometer northeast of the unique website, the model new, cutting-edge manufacturing plant spans over 10,200 m2. This footprint will allow Thomson to consolidate operations that it had beforehand housed in three separate buildings.
“We will now configure items receiving, manufacturing, packing and transport in an optimized, streamlined workflow, together with warehouse, upkeep, technical lab, and places of work all in the identical constructing. We will additionally combine higher vertically, having room to herald equipment for operations we’ve got beforehand outsourced,” stated Swahn.
Along with with the ability to deal with extra enterprise, the brand new facility will provide improved facilities for workers, together with electrical charger-equipped parking, and expanded areas for eating and private lockers. The transfer has begun in April with full manufacturing anticipated to be within the new house by summer season of 2023.
About Thomson Industries, Inc.
With greater than 75 years of accomplishment in movement management innovation and high quality, Thomson is the trade’s premier producer of Linear Actuators, Linear Ball Bushing® Bearings and Profile Rail Bearings, 60 Case® Shafting, Floor and Rolled Ball Screws, Linear Programs, and associated equipment. Thomson invented the Linear Ball Bushing Bearing in 1945 and has set the usual ever since with an unsurpassed set of linear movement management options serving international aerospace and defence, medical and well being, manufacturing unit automation, meals processing, and cell off-highway markets. Thomson, a model of U.S.-based Regal Rexnord Company, has amenities in North America, Europe and Asia with greater than 2000 distributor areas all over the world.
On March 27, 2023, Regal Rexnord Company (NYSE: RRX) introduced it had accomplished the acquisition of Altra Industrial Movement Corp. (Nasdaq: AIMC), the company mother or father of Thomson Industries, Inc., closing the deal that was signed on October 26, 2022. Thomson is now a part of a brand new Regal Rexnord working section, Automation & Movement Management. Extra details about the acquisition is on the market right here.
For extra data
Thomson Industries, Inc., 1500 Mittel Boulevard, Wooden Dale, IL 60191-1073; 1-540-633-3549; 1-540-633-0294 (fax); Thomson@thomsonlinear.com; www.thomsonlinear.com.
Cellphone: +44 (0) 1271 334 500, www.thomsonlinear.com; gross sales.europe@thomsonlinear.com
