Wanhua is expanding its business with two turnkey press hardening lines from AP&T in China.

Wanhua Machinery in Wuxi outside Shanghai is a rising star of press hardened parts on the Chinese market. Founded in 2000, the family company currently has about 240 employees and has long been an established supplier of cold pressed parts to many world-leading car manufacturers who operate in China, such as Volkswagen.

Recently, they decided to expand their business and invest strongly in the latest press hardening technology. Increasing customer demand for lighter, stronger parts that can contribute to lowering vehicle weight and thereby, energy consumption and emissions, is what lies behind the investment. The result is two new manufacturing facilities in Wuxi, one of which is entirely dedicated to manufacturing press hardened structural parts.

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AP&T is helping customers secure their production and get a grip on costs

To meet customer needs for high availability and productivity, AP&T is furthering their offering with individually tailored availability agreements.

“Well-planned maintenance and speedy service are key to high availability and productivity. Our availability agreements enable us to ensure our customers’ machinery receives the exact maintenance it requires for peak performance throughout its service life, and at a predictable cost,” says Magnus Svenningsson, Director of Aftermarket Services at AP&T.

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NKC Sweden is looking toward the future by investing in AP&T’s press line for producing roller bearing cages

One of the main business areas of NKC Manufacturing Sweden in Gothenburg is the manufacturing of pressed, stamped and machine molded products for industrial companies. With its approximately 140 employees, the company is the European branch of the Japanese industrial group NKC (Nakanishi Metal Works), which operates around the world. Early in 2020, they invested in a new, fully automatic press line from AP&T to replace old machines and to ensure their production. But the relationship between the companies stretches back much further than that.

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