Esskå Metall chooses AP&T for its press alignment
– Flexible with advanced automation for the automotive industry
When capacity in the company’s automated three-press line started to become scarce, Esskå Metall went all out. An 800 square metre new addition to the factory is now the home of a fully automated three-press line from AP&T with an automation solution that can handle practically anything.

Esskå Metall’s primary business is the drawing of sheet metal components, supplying the automotive industry and its subcontractors. The company manufactures components such as hubcaps, heat shields, side skirts and various types of brackets for Scania’s heavy vehicles. But, now it has also been commissioned by manufacturers in the ventilation and pumping industries. As a subcontractor to the automotive industry, offering a high degree of flexibility and delivery reliability is an obvious must. It is vital to be able to quickly changeover professional production while maintaining a high degree of availability in the facility.

Additional capacity
In order to meet future needs of its customers’ demands for greater capacity coupled with great flexibility, the company began planning its expansion in 2005.
“The automated press line with three hydraulic presses suppliers that we purchased from AP&T in 2001 is now fully booked with assignments in three shifts. There was no reserve capacity and we quite simply needed more,” explains Lennart Morin, president of Esskå Metalls.