WIA_ISSUE2_2023

ENGINEERED WOOD
Nevertheless, the company still
ensured that incoming orders did
not stall in Falkenberg. The quality of
products helped the company, with
target groups that were interested
in energy efficiency, sustainability,
ecology and smart home technology.
Against this background, QNG
certification meant that public funding
could be offered to those interested in
construction through interest rebates,
which was attractive given the current
interest rates. This helped in the field
of apartment construction when the
detached house market reached its
peak.
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1 The flexibility of
production at
Haas is evident
in the element
heights
2 Haas simulates
production
processes
digitally before
running over the
actual machine
twin
3 The company
still ensured that
incoming orders
did not stall in
Falkenberg
FLEXIBILITY INSTEAD OF
EFFICIENCY
The company invested in three stages
of production under the pressure of
increasing demand. In 2018, wall
element production was automated at
the Falkenberg site, a similar production
line followed in Großwilfersdorf in
2022, when the company converted
its hall to enable a roof and ceiling
element line in Falkenberg. At the top
of the specification for WEINMANN
— which designed and delivered all
three production systems — was the
demand for flexibility, which included
options for future process steps.
The management team wanted the
production plant to reflect all areas of
the company, including disciplines in
house and commercial construction
and agricultural buildings.
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“We looked at the production systems
from several competitors,” said Haas,
“Optimised lines for prefabricated
house production were geared toward
efficiency. However, they could only
produce detached houses with a high
degree of standardisation.”
The cycle times on such systems are up
to 7mins per element, but at Haas, the
cycles are slower at 30mins. Current
changes in the market, however,
meant that this reduction in efficiency
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