In the fast Lane

The times have passed in which the main business for contract manufacturers in Eastern Europe was the production of simple commodity parts. Frencken Brno s.r.o., headquartered in Brno in Czech Republic, today produces the most complex parts of the highest quality for demanding customers from the aeronautics and aerospace industry, for instrument and measuring instrument makers, manufacturers of medical devices and even producers of laser and radar equipment. And the progress can no longer be attributed only to advantages of location, such as lower staff costs, less labour regulations and better tax benefits. Companies such as Frencken are now playing in the big league of manufac-turing, primarily due to their well-trained and motivated staff and to bold investments made in machines and software. And the Czechs are stepping on the gas. So Frencken is not just focussing on modern vertical and horizontal milling centres and milling/turning centres with up to 5 simultaneously driven axes, but through investments in SolidCAM and perfectly customized post-processors can do NC programming very efficiently and thus use their advanced CNC machines to their full economic capacity.
  

  
Global data networking, highly efficient logistic structures and the worldwide availability of modern manufacturing technology are the fuel for the development of completely new, cross-border supplier structures. Contract manufacturers can no longer hide behind national borders and the market rules are in effect everywhere. It is imperative not to loose time. Entrepreneurs, in the best meaning of the word, are now in demand, because competition for the most attractive orders will continue to become more international – and even harder. What to do about this? There is no quick and simple answer. However it seems certain that contract manufacturers who move their process chains to a consistently high level with respect to quality, on-time delivery, costs and flexibility will gain market share. In the process of achieving these goals, the use of efficient CAD/CAM systems plays a key strategic role.
  
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