Project name: Acquisition of a press brake at PLASTICO spol. s.r.o.
Registration number: 2.2 RV03/2962
Total expenses: CZK 2,998,000.00
Subsidy amount: CZK 1,400,000.00
Implementation period: December 2013 to September 2014

It was a project focused on the acquisition of a tandem press brake – a forming machine for bending sheet metal. The project included the purchase of 2 press brakes with a working length of 3700 mm and a pressing force of 220 t, which will be arranged in tandem, thus enabling the bending of sheets up to 7400 mm in length. Also included in the delivery were ground and hardened tools for bending the material, namely an upper tool and a lower tool with grooves adapted to our production.

Before the acquisition of the new press brake, one press brake was used in the production, which allowed the processing of material with a maximum length of 3700 mm, therefore longer parts of the products had to be purchased from subcontractors or produced in two parts. A press brake with a working length of 7400 mm made it possible to produce these parts in one piece, which eliminated material division and additional welding and increased production efficiency. The tandem arrangement of the presses also contributes to the increase in production efficiency, which enables the parallel bending of smaller parts of the products, i.e. the work of two employees at the same time, bending both the same and different types of products.

The pressing force has also been increased. Thanks to the increase in pressing force from the previous 160 to 220 tons per press, a considerable space has opened up for the processing of newer materials with higher strength parameters. These are mainly Hardox 450, Domex 700, Weldox and similar materials. This increase in pressing force also allows designers new technical solutions for structural assemblies and subassemblies, where they can replace welding with faster and less energy-intensive forming.

Project name: PLASTIC IS
Registration number: 2.2 ITP01/181
Total expenses: CZK 1,628,000.00
Subsidy amount: CZK 750,000.00
Implementation period: December 2007 to June 2010

The project was aimed at introducing and expanding the use of the information system while increasing the internal efficiency of the company. The goal of the project was primarily to ensure an increase in work productivity in the company, especially in the area of management, planning and general administration. Thanks to the increase in labor productivity, the goal was also an increase in the potential for securing new resources, opportunities, competitiveness and overall further development of the company. The subject of the project itself was the implementation of a complex ERP/ERM system with elements of managerial evaluation, CRM and the related provision of the necessary hardware base with elements automating selected company processes.

Project outputs:

• implementation of a complex enterprise information system of the ERP category and its full interconnection with company processes,
• the introduction of means used to automate selected business processes, specifically the introduction of bar code technology into warehouse management, production terminals, ensuring the monitoring of the production process in real time and the introduction of an electronic attendance system,
• expansion of the existing technical development workplace with another CAD (Computer-aided design) workplace.