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Anniversaries around the globe
Benteler celebrates decades of metal
processing competence
In 2019, twelve Benteler locations around the world celebrated major anniversaries. Amongst the plant
anniversaries are Burgos, Spain (30 years), Chrastava, Czech Republic (20 years) and Chongqing, China (1 year).
All plants demonstrate: their products originate from the region for the region. This ensures customers get the
best-possible on-the-spot support.
Benteler is a global, family-owned company
serving customers in automotive
technology, the energy sector and
mechanical engineering. As innovative partner,
Bentler has considerable capabilities to
design, produce and distribute safety-relevant
products, systems and services.
Twelve Benteler locations have achieved
significant milestones in 2019: from Chongqing,
China completing its first year of operation
to Chrastava, Czech Republic and Burgos,
Spain reaching their 20th and 30th.
Each of these plants demonstrates
Benteler’s local-for-local approach – that
means being as close as possible to its
business partners. Not only in terms of
geographical proximity, but also strategically.
This ensures customers get the
best-possible on-the-spot support. “Wherever
our customers are in the world, we
are there for them,” says Birgit Held, Vice
President Corporate Communications/
Marketing. “We congratulate our employees
in the plants on their anniversaries.
We’re very proud of their commitment.
Over the years, they have successfully
worked to develop Benteler. As a result of
their efforts, we have become a leading
global partner of the automotive industry.”
Benteler is also a partner for its local communities.
At certain locations, the company
is one of the largest employers in the region.
Benteler offers local employee development
programs and collaborates with local educational
institutions. In addition, raw materials,
goods and services are mainly purchased
locally. In doing so, Benteler creates added
value for the respective region.
Plant anniversaries illustrate
Benteler’s metal-forming expertise
España in Burgos was the company’s first
plant outside Germany. It specializes in hot
and cold forming, and welding. The plant
manufactures up to 16 million chassis and
structural components per year. Since it
opened, the Burgos employees have processed
over 400,000 tons of recycled
steel – enough to build 164 Eiffel Towers.
About 2000 kilometers away, the
Chrastava plant in Czech Republic started
production in 1999, manufacturing
painted and unpainted components. Over
the last 20 years the paint line has coated
23.5 million sq. meters of metal – enough
to cover the whole of Slovenia.
In Kaluga, Russia, the Benteler plant is
celebrating ten years of production. In that
decade, the module assembly plant has
welded over 4,000 kilometers of metal
seams in the manufacture of components.
That’s almost the distance from Kaluga to
the Benteler location in Chongqing, China,
which was celebrating its first birthday
last year. The plant is Benteler’s 15th in China.
It produces rear subframes and steering
components for a leading Chinese car
manufacturer. One year after it opened, the
Booth of Benteler at Tube 2018 trade
fair in Düsseldorf, Germany (Picture:
Messe Düsseldorf, ctillmann)
plant has put seven different chassis
assemblies into production and already
delivered its 200,000th component. Placed
on top of each other, the stack would be
four times higher than Mount Everest.
Metal processing competence
since 1876
At these and all other Benteler locations,
customers benefit from more than 140
years of metal processing competence in
steel and aluminum. Benteler uses this
broad material expertise to develop
cost-efficient and best-in-class manufacturing
processes. Today, products from
Benteler can be found in almost every car
worldwide. The company’s expertise in
metal processing, for example in lightweight
construction, will be even more in
demand in the future. This way Benteler
supports its customers in the development
of safe and eco-friendly mobility
solutions.
• Benteler AG, Salzburg, Austria
In Burgos, Spain, the Benteler plant is
celebrating its 30th anniversary. Benteler
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