Black Forest-based SIKO GmbH, manufacturer of innovative sensors and positioning systems, recently opened another site in Bad Krozingen, around 30 kilometres from the company's traditional headquarters in Buchenbach.
From the around 240 employees worldwidenow spread over seven locations, are 70 employees in the new building from May 2020 active. After the official ground-breaking ceremony for the new building in the "Am Krozinger Weg" industrial estate, which took place at the end of March 2019, construction took just over a year to complete.
"Considering that our electronics production had already gradually moved to our new plant at the end of 2019 and quickly started production, we can be very satisfied with the overall duration of the construction work, despite the construction boom in 2019 and the coronavirus crisis in 2020," says Managing Director Sven Wischnewski.
On 5000 m² of floor space the new plant in Bad Krozingen are now Production of electronic devices as well as sales and marketing active. The investment volume, including machinery and building equipment, totalled 13 million euros and is a commitment to local production in Germany and to the loyal and long-standing employees from the region.
The production infrastructure with state-of-the-art workstations and machines for the production of electronic circuit boards for the company's own drive technology, for example, has been consistently adapted to the methods of "Lean Production" orientated. The building and workplace design promotes open communication and collaboration, but also allows for quiet and concentrated work. Ergonomically designed workstations have long been standard at SIKO.
To take account of the environment and the climate, visitors and employees were given Several charging stations for e-cars or e-bikes on the company car park. These will be ecologically sustainable a large-scale photovoltaic systemwhich is located on the roof of the building, is fed with self-generated electricity. Other elements that have been implemented include geothermal probes with heat pumps and a concrete core activation system that promotes air conditioning, to operate the new plant in an energy-efficient manner.
SIKO now manufactures at its three plants in Buchenbach, Bad Krozingen and Cham in Switzerland for global companies in the mechanical engineering and industrial sectors. The sensors, the drive technology and the well-known position indicators from SIKO have become indispensable for efficient position settings in production machines, for example. SIKO also provides special safety-certified sensorsfor safety-critical working conditions, for increased safety for man and machine.
"The new and modern plant in Bad Krozingen was a necessary and correct step for the future of SIKO GmbH. Our latest products are not only innovative, but also important for the future. Realisation of Industry 4.0 manufacturing and automation processes the industry. These are areas that are constantly gaining in importance and growing. The Bad Krozingen site gives us and our employees the opportunity to grow with the markets relevant to us and to manufacture and market innovative products that will provide future market impetus."
Sven Wischnewski, SIKO Managing Director.
Source: SIKO
