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eFFIcIency and relIabIlIty to<br />

suPPort our customers<br />

Rising precious metal prices coupled<br />

with ever shorter lead times are<br />

putting considerable pressure on<br />

manufacturing and supply chains.<br />

At Metalor, the redesigning of mate-<br />

rial flows has allowed production<br />

processes to speed up considerably.<br />

Greater efficiency and flexibility have<br />

been reached by delegating responsi-<br />

bility and decision making to autono-<br />

mous shop floor units. By adopting<br />

a quality assurance process, a num-<br />

ber of these units have consistently<br />

improved in-house quality. Last but<br />

not least, investments in machinery<br />

and software have helped us reduce<br />

drastically the “time to market” of<br />

new products.<br />

WaTches anD JeWelry Division<br />

The division offers its customers a<br />

refining service for their manufactur-<br />

ing scrap as well as managing their<br />

precious metal accounts. The reli-<br />

ability of this service is the result of<br />

a combination of know-how and<br />

unique skills that is proving to be of<br />

paramount importance to our cus-<br />

tomers.<br />

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