‘We are very pleased to open our new plant in Bratislava. The inauguration of a new site is always something special. The fact that we are doing this in Europe for the first time in several years makes it even more significant,’ says Rainer Lübbers, CEO of the BENTELER Automotive Modules division. ‘The plant will play an important role in our global strategy: Here in Bratislava we have the ideal conditions to support our customer VW in the highly dynamic European market. With our direct proximity to customers and a just-in-time supply chain, we are able to offer agile and high-quality solutions.’
Optimising the supply chain through customer proximity and flexibility
BENTELER is focusing on intelligent production, digitalisation and efficient logistics at the site. The new plant is located just 1.5 kilometres from the customer's site. This brings corresponding advantages: in addition to more efficient production and assembly, logistics costs are minimised and a quick response to product and order adjustments is guaranteed.
On a production area of 5,300 m², BENTELER will produce automotive parts in highly flexible and scalable systems in order to meet the growing requirements of its customers in terms of variant diversity and just-in-sequence production.
Investment in innovation and employees
In order to remain successful in the long term, BENTELER also promotes the training and development of its own workforce.For example, the company has developed special training programmes for its employees in order to continuously develop their skills and make optimum use of the technologies on site.The new site will create more than 70 additional jobs in Slovakia.It is BENTELER's second automotive plant in Slovakia.The company has already been operating another plant in Malacky with around 380 employees since 2009.