Assisted by ABB Value Provider RB Techniek, Hermeta, a major supplier of aluminum products based in the Netherlands, has stayed at the top of its game in an increasingly competitive environment by choosing the right people, the right robots and the right partners.
It is likely that you have seen or used a Hermeta product at some point in your life, either in a hotel, a fitness center or on a train. They deliver aluminum hardware for the building and furniture industries as well as complete furniture systems, building facades and sports fixtures. Every day, about 15,000 aluminum products leave their factory.
Over time, Hermeta has delivered one winning product after another, with the sales to prove it. The rise of low-cost labor around the world though, combined with other pressures in the aluminum hardware industry, has meant that the company has needed to embrace new solutions for their processes in order to stay competitive.
Nearly a decade ago, Hermeta began working with RB Techniek, a robotics integrator that specializes in foundry automation. Today Hermeta has two robots, an ABB IRB 2400 and an ABB IRB 2600, that pour molten aluminum precisely into molds.
