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The Case Studies described below are based on information provided by companies who run Preactor with an ERP or accounting system. Each study has been written in collaboration with employees of the company and Preactor International would like to thank those who provided these insights into how Preactor is used and the benefits it has provided.
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Explosive results from Britanite’s mix with Preactor
Britanite - April 2010
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Britanite is a company located in Quatro Barras, in the state of Paraná, Brazil. Here, over a site of around 2.35m sq.m, it manufactures nitrogen based chemical products such as civil explosives, detonators and other defence materials.
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Advanced Scheduling for King Plastic
King Plastics Corporation - April 2010
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King Plastic Corporation has been developing and manufacturing quality polymer sheets, slabs and massive shapes since 1968. Its industry-leading branded and commodity products are manufactured at the company’s state-of-the art, 150,000 square foot headquarters in North Port, Florida and distributed worldwide.
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Time saved in planning with Preactor boosts Biopharma company Lonza
Lonza Biologics - November 2009
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Lonza is one of the world’s leading suppliers to the pharmaceutical, healthcare and life science industries with sales of CHF 2.937 billion in 2008. Its products and services span its customers’ needs at every stage from cell line construction to final product manufacture. Whilst headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, the company has a wide range of sites throughout the world that cater for its diverse areas of expertise,
with its site in Slough, UK, being one of several that deals with the biopharmaceutical division of Lonza Custom Manufacturing.
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EXAL Uncovers Capacity and Improves Customer Service with Preactor
EXAL Corporation - October 2009
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EXAL Corporation is the world’s leading manufacturer of extruded aluminum packaging. EXAL offers coil-based metal packaging container options in North America and Europe and is the leading independent contract manufacturer of aerosol products and liquids in Latin America.
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Brevini Geared up for Growth with Preactor Planning and Scheduling
Brevini Power Transmission - September 2009
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BPT, Brevini Power Transmission, was founded in 1960 by three brothers, Renato, Luciano and Corrado Brevini, in the town of Reggio Emilia (Italy). Since then, the name of Brevini has become synonymous with planetary gear units.
Today Brevini maintains a presence around the globe, with 24 subsidiaries and an extensive distribution network. The latest 10 years saw a significant increase in sales, from 86 to 284 million euro, also in jobs, from 470 to 1.000, and in output, which rose from 67.000 to 172.000 gearboxes per annum.
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Digicon DCA Synchronises production of Aerospace parts using Preactor APS
Digicon - July 2009
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Founded in 1977, Digicon S/A is a subsidiary of the Digicon Group, formed by three companies, Perto, Digicon and Numericon. Located in a pant covering 100,000 m² in Gravataí, Brazil, the companies work in the development, production and commercialization of products and services in the areas of industrial, commercial and banking automation.
Starting in 1986, the company developed a special department for producing aircraft components inside the Digicon S/A, the DCA. Currently, this unit is responsible for production and commercialization of approximately 90 sets of Air Conditioning valves for English Hamilton Sundstrand aircraft.
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Synchronizing Complex Assemblies at Cortiaço
Cortiaço - July 2009
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With 20 years of experience in the metals and mechanical engineering sector, Cortiaço produces small, medium and large structures, including machinery and equipment for cutting, machining and heating. Their current headquarters is located in the city of Gravataí, Brazil and provides services that deal with the all aspects of a project including the equipment construction, transportation and installation on site.
For the production processes the company employs a team of approximately 150 employees, in a plant of some 5,000 square meters.
In addition to the manufacture of equipment, the oxy-cutting services, machining and heat treatment departments also provide a service to other companies.
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Building a Better Future through better Planning and Scheduling
Medabil - July 2009
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Medabil started business in 1967, and since its founding, has constantly increased its participation in national and international markets, always looking for technological innovations to meet the expectations of its customers.
Currently, Medabil is focussed on the design, construction, and assembly of metal buildings pre-engineered for industries, shopping malls, supermarkets, multi-storey buildings and distribution centres, among others.
Medabil is becoming the national leader and one of the largest companies in this sector in Latin America. The company has a wide range of products with solutions for the main and secondary structures, tiles for roofing and side closures, steel decking, lighting systems, insulation, and ventilation systems for large buildings.
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Fast Deployment, Low Cost and Fast Results in the Pipe for Flantech
Flantech - June 2009
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The Metallurgical Flantech Ltda, founded in 2005, in the city of Caxias do Sul, Brazil is 130km from Porto Alegre, and is focused mainly on the production of exhaust system components for the automotive industry. Currently, the company has 10 employees, and their specialty is the production of large diameter special stainless steel short pipes and tube.
Its products are delivered to major suppliers linked to car manufacturers from the centre of the Brazil, and also, more recently, outside the country. The components manufactured by Flantech can be found on brands, such as Volkswagen, Ford, Peugeot, Renault, Citröen, and General Motors.
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Scheduling Electronic Components with Preactor at Teikon
Teikon - June 2009
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Teikon was founded in 1996, and two years later started operations in Porto Alegre, Brazil. With the slogan "The Strategic Alliance in Manufacturing of Electronic Products", Teikon seeks to place themselves among the 70 largest ECMs (Electronic Contract Manufacturer) in the world in 2008.
The focus of the company is EMS - Electronic Manufacturing Services, taking over the logistics and industrial chain of their customers, allowing them to focus on their core business, in product development, marketing, sales and promotion of its brand.
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Inplac bags the Benefits of Preactor by reducing setups and increasing on-time Deliveries
Inplac - June 2009
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The Inplac - Plastic Industry SA produces high quality flexible plastic packages, giving special attention to products with high technological content and, therefore, greater added value. The main type of packaging produced is the low density polyethylene to the markets of fertilizers, lime, limestone, thin mass and mortar. Founded in 1974, and located at Biguaçu, Brazil, the company is distinguished by the constant search for innovation. Several products and processes were developed in a pioneering way, with great technical and commercial success.
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Footwear Manufacturer Optimises Production and Shipment using Preactor APS
Grendene - May 2009
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Grendene is the largest injected footwear manufacturer in the world and have the largest footwear factories in Latin America. They export to 90 countries and their products are seen in almost every show shop window around the world. Their products are aimed at the mass distribution markets for Men, Women and Children.
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Global EPP finds Preactor to be the perfect flexible APS solution
Global EPP - May 2009
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With over thirty years experience in monomer casting and extrusion, Global EPP, previously named Nylacast Materials is synonymous with innovation, quality and technical excellence in relation to cast nylon and extruded semi-finished engineering plastics stock shapes. With three UK sites employing approximately 70 people, Global EPP has a worldwide presence with more than 70% of the product manufactured destined for export.
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Supravis gets more from IFS Applications with Preactor APS
Supravis Group - April 2009
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Supravis Group S.A., based in Bydgoszcz, Poland specializes in production of packaging for the food industry where the company's brand is known across all the cured meat producers in the domestic market. It has a significant market share in the Polish packaging market and 50% of its revenues come from overseas. Supravis’s products include multilayer casings, monolayer casings, barrier films and bags.
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Seal of Approval for Preactor 400 APS from TRP
TRP Sealing Systems - March 2009
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TRP Sealing Systems Ltd has grown from humble origins in 1981 to become the second largest Gasket Plate Heat Exchanger (PHE) manufacturer in the world. Twice awarded the Queens Award for Enterprise, the £20m company headquartered in Hereford has manufacturing partnerships with Dubai and India in addition to finishing sites in Romania and now produces approximately five million gaskets each year.
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Russian Optical Cable Maker increases visibility with Preactor
ZAO SOKK - March 2009
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ZAO SOKK is one of the leading optical cable manufacturers in Russia. A Successful business with many prestigious awards and quality recognitions, such as “European Standard”, “Russian Economy Development Leader”, Russian Federation Government’s Quality Award, All-Russian Quality Organization “Russian Quality Leader” diploma. Integrated quality management systems cover all the business process from cable construction to acceptance testing at ZAO SOKK.
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U.S. Paint Improves Performance with Preactor® Advanced Planning and Scheduling Software
US Paint - February 2009
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U.S. Paint is the market leader of coatings for exterior automotive parts, such as mirrors, trim, spoilers, molding, bumpers, grills, and other plastic parts. With manufacturing, laboratories and R&D based in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Paint has 100 employees with annual sales of $25M. The facility is 150,000 square feet under one roof, producing 1.5M gallons of coatings a year with batch sizes ranging from 1 to 2,100 gallons. U.S. Paint holds ISO 9001:2000 and ANSI/ISO/ASQ Q9001-2000 certifications.
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Boeing Precision Parts supplier gets production under control with Preactor
Chasco Machine - January 2009
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In 1999 after years of making his employers successful, Jeff Roth’s wife convinced him that he should start his own business. Jeff mortgaged the house, purchased his first CNC machine, and started manufacturing high quality machine parts for the aerospace industry in his garage. Jeff instinctively understood that to fulfill his dream to be the best he would have to deliver the highest quality products at the most competitive prices, and he would need to build innovative processes and systems that supported his vision.
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Leading cold forming supplier transforms production planning with Preactor
FloForm - December 2008
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Floform is a global supplier of cold formed components for the automotive, power semiconductor industries and a wide scope of applications requiring rivet fasteners. The company has been cold forming metals into complex shapes at its UK factory since 1959 and now has a specialist product range that includes electrodes for spark plugs, injector sleeves for diesel engines, heat sinks for power semiconductor devices, headed components for numerous auto electrical applications and commercial and industrial rivets.
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Preactor gives a Cool scheduling solution for Profroid
Profroid Industries - December 2008
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PROFROID Industries has been manufacturing refrigerating equipment since 1961. Part of the CARRIER SCS
Distribution Group, the French factory is located in Aubagne in the south of France.
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Plastique Micron moulds its planning future with Preactor
Plastique Micron - December 2008
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Plastique Micron, a Canadian based mid-sized blow moulding plastic container manufacturer, has been in business since 1970 and employs approximately 175 people. In recent years the company has adopted a more customer-oriented approach to be more than just a manufacturer, but also a partner offering a complete, global packaging solution in the form of plastic containers.
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Preactor helps Sri Lankan company DSI Group to schedule Tyre and Tube Production across multiple sites
DSI Group - November 2008
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Samson Rubber Industries (Pvt) Ltd - SRI, was established in 1983 as a member of the DSI Samson Group for the manufacture of pneumatic tyres & tubes. SRI manufactures tyres & tubes for Bicycle, Motorcycles, Agricultural & Industrial use to the highest international standards for both domestic & world markets. SRI is the unchallenged market leader in Sri Lanka for tyres & tubes and also has found successful markets in all six continents.
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Highland Spring: a clear case for the benefits of Preactor APS
Highland Spring - September 2008
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Highland Spring is the leading UK produced brand and number one spring water. It is the number two overall brand in the bottled water sector in Britain; number one sparkling water brand and the leading kids’ bottled water. Working on a 24x7 basis, at maximum output this equates to up to 90,000 bottles per hour which in 2006 meant that the company bottled around 240 million litres of water.
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Contour finds Preactor Production Planning and Scheduling to be First Class
Contour Premier Aircraft Seating - June 2008
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Contour Premium Aircraft Seating is one of the leading premium aircraft seating manufacturers in the world supplying to many leading international airlines. Headquartered in Cwmbran, Wales, the £100m turnover company employs 800 people across its 2 main sites which operate as a mini supply chain with the primary manufacturing and sub assembly business directly supplying the final assembly and sales business.
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Opolgraf Does Scheduling by the Book with Preactor
Opolgraf - March 2008
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Opolgraf S.A. is a book printing and binding company located in Opole, Poland, which employs about 150 people, with approximately 8 million books under 1,700 titles produced annually.
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Preactor Opens the Door to High Quality Customer Service at LIP Bled
LIP Bled - December 2007
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Company LIP Bled is located near Bled, a world renowned alpine resort, surrounded by the high peaks of Alps and richly forested plateaus. Founded in 1948, today it is one of the largest woods processing companies in Slovenia and the largest exporter in the sector.
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Preactor Proves to be the Perfect Sequencing Remedy for NPIL
NPIL - August 2007
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NPIL Pharma is rapidly emerging as a leading global custom pharmaceutical manufacturer with sites in India, Canada and the UK. NPIL Morpeth has only been in existence since the former Pfizer plant was purchased by NPIL in June 2006 and is an integrated formulations site with the capacity to handle projects from early phase development through to full commercial manufacturing.
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Preactor and EDV Forms Lasting Scheduling Relationship
Envases del Valles SA - May 2007
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EDV Packaging is a Spanish group of companies who are leaders in hard barrier plastic packaging for the food industry worldwide. They have more than 30 years experience in food packaging, invests more than 3% of their sales in R+D, exports more than 75% of their production and is a recognized supplier to most food companies groups around the world.
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Ardo sees the Fruits of Visibility by Planning with Preactor
Ardo UK Limited - May 2007
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Ardo UK Limited, has been a Kent based subsidiary of the Ardo Group since 1994 and supplies high quality frozen fruit and vegetables to over 400 key customers in the Retail and Food Services sector including Tesco, Sainsbury, Morrisons, Whitbread, Wetherspoons, and Aldi.
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Preactor Provides Platform for Growth for Sandvik Mining and Construction
Sandvik Mining and Construction - December 2006
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Sandvik Mining and Construction’s facility in Alachua, Florida, is part of the Sandvik group of companies and specialises in the assembly of drill rigs for surface mining. The company’s assembly unit in Alachua, employs over 200 people, with 150 of these used in the production of the wide variety of drill rigs for supply throughout the world.
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Preactor at the Centre of $70m Savings at CST-Arcelor Brazil
CST-Arcelor - May 2006
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Located in Espírito Santo, Brazil, Companhia Siderúrgica de Tubarão (CST) is a world leader in the semi-finished steel market and is part of the Arcelor Group, one of the largest steel makers in the world. CST-Arcelor Brazil is the 11th largest Brazilian exporter and is responsible for 12% of worldwide sales volume for steel slabs.
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Kingspan Building Frames On Time
Kingspan Metal-Con Ltd - March 2006
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Kingspan off-site manufacture Architectural Facade Systems, Volumetric Systems, and Wall Framing & Sections from cold rolled steel at the company's 50 acre site in North Yorkshire. The company operates on a lean manufacturing basis and yet offers flexibility in meeting varying and demanding requirements of its customers.
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Lean, Leaner, Leanest - Willerby Holiday Homes in on its Quest to be a World Class Business
Willerby Holiday Homes - March 2006
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Established just after the Second World War, Willerby, with a turnover in excess of £100m and employing 650 employees at its site in Hull, UK is the market leader in the construction of Holiday Homes. Using skilled craftsmen and traditional build methods and materials, the workforce, working in departmental Silos, have been driven by a culture of ‘the more the better’.
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Preactor & Laminate Manufacture
Nevamar - December 2005
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Nevamar is a leading North American manufacturer of high quality decorative laminates. Its products are found in a wide variety of installations, including airports, offices, bowling alleys, sports stadiums, retail stores, fast food restaurants, hospitals, homes and schools.
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Preactor Provides Nourishing Planning and Scheduling Solution for Hitchen Foods
Hitchen Foods - October 2005
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Hitchen Foods, based in Wigan, supplies a comprehensive range of added value vegetables and salad based products to the major multiple retailers and food service sector. First established in 1945, Hitchen Foods now prepares over 100,000 meals a day, created to exacting recipes developed by the company’s own top chefs.
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Preactor Enabled Lean Manufacturing Provides Harmon with the Competitive Edge
Harmon Manufacturing - August 2005
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Harmon Form Tools was formed in 1964, offering a grinding and tooling facility for the Aerospace, Defence and Commercial markets. In 1987 the company entered the machining market with the foundation of Harmon Manufacturing, initially meeting the requirements of existing customers in the Aerospace and Defence industries.
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Preactor Provides Spicy Scheduling Solution for Indian Cuisine Company
Linc’s Cuisine - October 2003
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Linc’s Cuisine (Sutton Bridge), part of the Geest Group, was established on the site of an existing industrial complex in Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire. This complex was largely demolished to make way for the current facility. The site opened in January 1999 and has been in constant production since then, currently employing around 200 staff.
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The die is cast for Preactor in Ferra Engineering
Ferra Engineering - July 2003
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Ferra Engineering is recognised in Australia as one of the leading companies supplying precision machined, high pressure aluminium die cast components. Founded in 1992, the company has developed an excellent reputation in the USA, Canada, China and Japan for supplying high quality precision telecommunication and electronic compnents. Supplying to such high profile customers as Boeing Australia, Pratt and Whitney, British Aerospace and Tenix Defence, quality control and on-time delivery are paramount considerations for Ferra. When it came to ensuring that its scheduling software could deliver, Ferra turned to Simulation Modelling Services Pty Ltd (SMS) and Preactor for assistance.
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Eliane gets a Grip on its Supply Chain
Eliane Revestimentos Ceramicos Ltda - June 2003
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Founded in 1960, Eliane Revestimentos Cerâmicos is one of the largest producers of ceramic coatings, selling more than 1600 products to around 85 countries around the world. Eliane employs some 2,400 people across 12 plants in various parts of Brazil and in 2002 their revenue was about US$ 140 million.
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Timely Maintenance Extracts a Higher Market Share
Goonvean - April 2003
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Goonvean has been extracting kaolins, china stone, feldspars, and aggregate by-products in England for over two centuries. Kaolin is a fine clay used in ceramics and refractories and as a filler or coating for paper and textiles. The feldspar quarry—the last in the United Kingdom— produces high quality ceramic fluxing agents to compliment the clays.
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Preactor Keeps Spec-Temp’s Temper Under Control
Atwood / Spec-Temp Glass - January 2003
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Atwood / Spec-Temp is a specialist fabricator of tempered glass products targeting the Recreational Vehicle, Manufactured Housing, Furniture, Architectural, and Marine industries. From a family business founded in an Ohio horse barn in 1978, It has grown into a $35 million leader in the Tempered Glass Industry and is a member of the Huddersfield-based Heywood Williams Group.
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Preactor Extracts the Best from Food Processing Machine Maker
FMC Technologies do Brasil - February 2002
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FMC Technologies, Inc., a spin off company from the machinery portion of the FMC Corporation, founded some 100 years ago making world class products, is a global leader in mission-critical technology solutions through its industry-leading businesses that include FMC Energy Systems, FMC FoodTech and FMC Airport Systems.
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Silky Smooth Transition to Scheduling Excellence
Silkmead Tubular Ltd - July 2001
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A major supplier to the automotive industry has installed a Preactor PC-based graphical finite scheduling tool to help eliminate production bottlenecks, whilst at the same time improving lead-time accuracy and customer service.
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Preactor’s Contribution More Than Simply Cosmetic
Decorpart - May 2001
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A Preactor scheduling tool has begun playing a major role in the manufacturing operation of the world’s leading supplier of anodized aluminum parts to the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.
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Preactor Delivers Just In Time, Every Time for Metaltech
Metaltech Precision Engineers - April 2001
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Metaltech Precision Engineers Ltd is a progressive and versatile medium-light engineering company offering broad based services in the precision sub-contract machining environment. With over 25 years manufacturing experience in the automotive, aircraft, pumps and hydraulics serving the requirements of such prestigious clients as Rolls Royce Plc and Specialist Car Products Ltd, Metaltech has seen a multitude of changes within this rapidly evolving marketplace.
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Preactor Captures Higher Vendor Rating
Williams & Co - January 2001
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Williams & Co., a company based in Southampton, UK produce aerospace and nuclear components for companies such as Vickers, GKN Westland Helicopters, Boeing and the French Helicopter company, Aero Speciale. As the customers of Williams aim to increase their world class positions it follows that they demand more from their suppliers.
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Preactor Provides Exceptionally Clear Solution for Pilkington Special Glass
Pilkington Special Glass - August 2000
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Scheduling is a vital component of any glass production process. With the plant operating on a 365x24x7 basis producing thousands of tonnes of glass per year for a specialist product range, Pilkington Special Glass is no exception. However, the company’s scheduling requirements are exceptional. The nature of the glass and products can be unique, as is the process by which much of it is produced.
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Pie in the Sky
LSG Sky Chefs UK Limited - January 2000
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A Preactor 300 FCS tool is now helping LSG Sky Chefs UK Limited prepare up to 100,000 airline meals per week. Focused on the meal assembly area, Preactor is estimated to have achieved measurable productivity improvements of up to 15% when compared with previous performance levels.
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