Schaffner Open New Factory In Hungary For Volume Production

The new factory will be the European manufacturing centre for EMC components and standard power quality products. The focus of activities at the Luterbach headquarters of the Schaffner Group will now be the global innovation centre, strategic management and coordinating Schaffner's global sales organisation. The Schaffner Jacke Company in Büren, Germany, will continue to manufacture customer-specific power quality solutions.

European volume production is being concentrated in the modern purpose-built Schaffner plant in Kecskemét, Hungary, as part of a general reorganization of the Schaffner Group, a move that will support the objectives of the ongoing operational excellence program to boost profitability. The new plant, which goes into operation in mid-May 2008, will substantially expand Schaffner's existing Kecskemét production capacities and help to significantly optimise processes while increasing production efficiency.

Paul Dixon, Managing Director of Schaffner UK comments. ”This is a significant investment for Schaffner which underlines our commitment to provide our European customers with high quality components from our own manufacturing plants. Our new factory will provide a modern, cost effective local manufacturing facility from which we can supply our customers with both EMC products and our rapidly increasing range of reactors and filters for Power Quality. This is a perfect setup allowing Schaffner to offer products at a competitive price with minimum lead times”.