Vestdavit has expanded its Polish production plant, boosting its davit manufacturing capacity by up to 70%.
The new assembly hall will enable the Norwegian supplier to meet growing demand from its core naval and offshore energy markets for advanced boat-handling systems.
The new 1,000sqm facility at Redzikowo in northern Poland, will enhance the efficiency of the davit fabrication process by eliminating an assembly bottleneck to increase annual throughput to around 100 units.
It will also allow for construction of larger davits and bolstering innovation, said Vestavit.
“We expect to achieve efficiency gains of at least 10% through this significant investment, while also creating jobs as a responsible citizen to boost local employment after increasing the workforce at the factory from 65 to 85 in recent years,” explained Vestdavit MD Rolf Wigand.
And he also pointed out that the assembly hall means Vestdavit can now become a fully integrated davit supplier with engineering, procurement, production and quality control consolidated at a single manufacturing hub.
We expect to achieve efficiency gains of at least 10% through this significant investment.
Rolf Wigand
Design, administrative and sales support is also available from the Norway head office via a newly upgraded ERP system that enables real-time data-sharing.
The new facility will enable faster turnaround on orders through parallel assembly of multiple davits to boost productivity.
A high ceiling accommodates large cranes allows fabrication of larger boat-handling systems.
“As well as providing greater production flexibility, the new facility allows room for more innovation to expand product development in accordance with client specifications,” said Rolf.
“There is a great benefit from being able to produce everything internally given the increasing complexity of davit projects.”
He concluded: “With this additional capacity, we have the ability to produce everything in our orderbook now and in the foreseeable future.
“With another 3,000 square metres available for additional construction at the site, we have the possibility of doubling the size of the production plant.”
