Trumpf Celebrates 10 Years in Mexico
Mexico serves as a major manufacturing hub for this machine tool OEM, which uses its own equipment and production techniques to manufacture the frames for its fabricating machines in North America.
Posted: August 5, 2010
TRUMPF (Farmington, CT) Mexico?s 43 employees will have something extra special to celebrate at their annual Grill Out this summer. While the event is something employees typically look forward to, this year the gathering will have special significance as they celebrate a milestone: TRUMPF Mexico?s 10th anniversary.
?TRUMPF has been committed to the Mexican market for the past decade,? said Rolf Biekert, President & CEO of TRUMPF Inc. ?Through our presence in Mexico, we have invested heavily in the country?s economic development and its people. We look forward to continued support of our customers in this region for a very long time to come.?
According to TRUMPF Mexico?s managing director, Jorge Areyzaga, TRUMPF filed its registration to do business in Mexico on June 6, 2000, in order to better service an existing customer in that market. But additional assignments soon came along, such as automotive projects, he said, which meant that TRUMPF had an important customer base in the Northern part of the country and also in Puebla, which is located east of Mexico City. All of this activity prompted the company to locate its operations in the German Center in Mexico City.
In the early days, TRUMPF?s operations in Mexico were limited to sales and service. However, today TRUMPF Mexico serves as a major manufacturing hub for TRUMPF Inc. and is located in a 64,000 square foot facility in the Apodaca Technology Center in Monterrey.
State-of-the-art TRUMPF equipment and manufacturing techniques are used to produce frames for TRUMPF fabricating machines that are manufactured in North America. TRUMPF?s TruLaser 5060 with a 6 kW laser is used to cut frames for 2D laser-cutting machines, and some components are bent using a very large press brake, the TruBend Series 8000, which has the distinction of being the biggest machine of its type in Mexico in terms of both capabilities and size. The frames are then welded together, and afterward are painted and packed for shipment to the United States for machining and final assembly.
Jorge Areyzaga said that while his team of employees will celebrate their achievements at theGrill Out, they won?t spend too much time reflecting on the past decade. "After all," he said, ?We are continually looking for ways to increase our own efficiency and in turn improve our service to our customers. We look forward to a bright future in Mexico.?
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