11 million Euro foundry upgrade
New automated pouring system planned for the Victaulic foundry in Drezdenko
International castings manufacturer Victaulic is investing over 11 million Euros to streamline and increase capacity at its foundry in Poland.
The project, which involves a radical overhaul of production lines with new equipment and technology, will make the plant one of the most advanced in Europe.
Already supplying precision castings to customers in a wide range of sectors including the OEM and automotive markets in Central and Eastern Europe, this fresh investment will allow Victaulic to increase its capacity to deliver components across the continent and extend its value added design engineering services to even more customers.
The most significant changes will involve the introduction of advanced production management and process automation, including an automated pouring system, to ensure even higher quality production on a greater scale. In addition a new extraction system enabling the reuse of dust will lead to a more sustainable production process, reducing consumption of sand in moulding, positively impacting the local environment and improving foundry working conditions.
"Victaulic has always been associated with high quality precision castings, and thanks to this new 11 million Euro investment the company will soon have one of the most modern iron foundries in Europe as well as a major increase in its production capacity," said Didier Vassal, Victaulic vice president.
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