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BONFIGLIOLI’S
30TH YEAR
DOWN UNDER
EXPANSION OF ENGINEERING EXPERTISE
AND SOLUTIONS
G ears, motors and drives
specialist, Bonfiglioli,
is expanding its local
engineering expertise and strong
focus on customised solutions
tailored to individual customer
needs, as it celebrates its 30th year
in Australia.
Bonfiglioli’s new Customer
Application Engineering (CAE) team
– based in Sydney and operating
throughout Australasia – works with
local innovators to combine local
engineering skills with the global
resources required to tailor larger,
sophisticated and efficient drives to
the needs of individual customers.
The new CAE team was introduced
this year to respond to increasingly
specialised and diverse demand in
Australian industries such as mining
and resources, food and beverage,
power generation, manufacturing,
agriculture and construction.
“In recent years, we’ve seen a higher
demand for unique solutions to
complex engineering problems.
As a company that’s now been
operating in Australia for 30 years,
we noticed this trend early and
have been consistently expanding
our in-house engineering expertise
and capabilities to provide further
advantages for our customers,”
saysMalcolm Lewis, managing
director, Bonfiglioli Australia.
“With the full resources of the global
Bonfiglioli Group – which has 3,700
employees, 22 branches and 14
production plants – our CAE team
uses advanced software with global
and local expertise to produce
designs tailored to customer
needs,” he says.
Bonfiglioli is one of Australasia’s
top suppliers of helical, planetary,
worm and frequency inverter drives,
offering specific solutions for
industrial and mobile equipment.
Bonfiglioli drives are designed to
withstand the arduous conditions
often experienced in Australian
climates, which experience high
temperature fluctuations and harsh
climactic extremes.
GLOBAL INDUSTRY 4.0
EXPANSION
Globally, Bonfiglioli is currently
constructing a new $A95 million
state-of-the-art EVO plant, which
will have an annual production
capacity of 800,000 units. The
new plant will feature the latest
manufacturing and Industry 4.0
technologies and will further
enhance local delivery times and
digitalisation expertise.
“The new EVO plant will focus on
lighter-duty products involved in
industrial processes and materials
handling initiatives, including
automation and industry 4.0
applications, for which it will offer
quicker times to market,” says Mr
Lewis.
“The new plant represents the future
of manufacturing. It will streamline
production and deliveries globally,
cutting the time needed to respond
to customer needs,” he says.
DEDICATION TO QUALITY
Bonfiglioli’s 30 years in Australia
have been shaped by the global
organisation’s strong focus on
quality, safety and reliability. This
included ISO recertification to the
latest ISO9001:2015 standard, to
enhance its dedication to quality
assurance.
“ISO 9001 certification brings many
benefits to customers, including
having their needs consistently
met, lower defect rates, on-time
deliveries and positive staff
attitudes. It’s such an important
standard that it is often considered
as a ‘minimum requirement’ for
suppliers in industries like mining,
minerals processing, bulk handling,
manufacturing and materials
handling,” says Mr Lewis.
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
Bonfiglioli’s drives already power
a huge range of industries locally
and globally – including mining and
34 February 2019