ensto today | THE WAY WE WORK Scott Diel Kaupo Kikkas 14 Having production facilities for both extrusion and injection molding in the same factory is not common. It gives Ensto a significant advantage. “For office equipment we can produce every-thing,” says Jean-Marc Uria, Production Manager at Ensto’s Néfiach plant. Over one million pieces per month The factory runs four extrusion machines and 10 injection molding presses. Altogether, the factory produces about 500 different products each month for Ensto Workpoint electrifi-cation line, including ducts and poles in plastic and aluminum, plus sockets and socket boxes. This amounts to 180,000 meters of trunking and between 900,000 and 1,200,000 injected pieces per month. “We consume about 80 to 100 tons of PVC in a month,” notes Uria. “In plastics we run three shifts per day, Monday through Saturday.” But all that machinery and labor is not dedicated to a routine of stuffing a warehouse with goods. Néfiach’s pro-duction is highly reactive and often custom. Incredibly reactive “For office equipment we can produce everything,” says Uria. “We are incredibly reactive. Even located 800 kilo-meters from Paris, any product can be delivered in 24 hours.” By “any product” Uria means just about anything you could want. His team has made six-meter long socket poles from aluminum, when competitors make only Today’s Order Delivered Yesterday Combine extrusion and plastic injection molding in one facility. Add amazing human reactivity. This is part of the secret of success at Ensto’s Néfiach plant.
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