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FASTEC 4 PRO at Eisengiesserei Baumgarte – MES Assures Future Viability

Eisengiesserei Baumgarte GmbH, Bielefeld, as one of the largest German foundries with three molding plants and a wide range of references in very different industries, has stood for sophisticated, contemporary casting technology as well as the highest quality and pioneering technologies for many decades. The iron foundry is committed to maintaining this lead – now and in the future. An important step towards the future was the introduction of an MES from the software company FASTEC.

Currently, 230 employees work on a production area of approx. 20,000 m² in the Baumgarte iron foundry, which casts and processes approx. 30,000 tons of castings annually on state-of-the-art production facilities. Baumgarte always keeps an eye on changing market conditions, constantly adapts its manufacturing and production technology in line with the times and continues to develop processes in the technical and administrative areas with a view to sustainability, performance and the future.

An important step towards the future was the introduction of a Manufacturing Execution System (MES). Volker Spruch, Head of Technical Controlling at Eisengiesserei Baumgarte, also recognized this necessity: “With an MES system, we can react to changing market conditions and implement the increasing customer requirements for cast parts while maintaining consistently high quality. With the MES system, we have up-to-date performance and therefore cost data at all times.”

Read the full user report here and find out how the iron foundry was able to achieve energy savings of around 7% with FASTEC.

Author: Linda Bauer

Team Lead Marketing
Experience in B2B communication and target group-specific copywriting in print and online since 2019.

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