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GROB International 01/15
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GROB International 01/15

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Introduction
The document outlines GROB's advancements in thermal spraying technology for automotive manufacturing, focusing on enhancing engine efficiency and reducing emissions through innovative methods.
Thermal Spraying System
GROB's thermal spraying system applies a thin steel layer to aluminum cylinder bores, replacing traditional methods to ensure low-abrasion surfaces. The process includes surface activation, cleaning, and precise machining for optimal properties.
Market and Economic Trends
GROB experiences strong market trends in North and Central America and China, while facing challenges in South America and Europe. The automotive industry's evolution requires GROB to remain flexible and innovative.
Production and Technological Developments
GROB is enhancing production with new technologies and machinery, including the G300, G500, and G800 modules, to improve flexibility and efficiency in component processing.
Global Sales Structure
A standardized global sales structure ensures consistent customer service and competitive offers, supporting GROB's market responsiveness.
Innovations in Machine Technology
The G750T milling and turning center combines operations with enhanced precision and efficiency, offering a wide range of applications and improved tool management.
Conclusion
GROB is committed to maintaining its competitive edge through continuous innovation and investment in high-tech production equipment, adapting to market changes and customer requirements.
G750T Machine Specifications
The G750T is designed for high-speed operations with a rotating axis of 500 rpm and a torque of 3,567 Nm, suitable for mechanical engineering, aerospace, and supply industries.
Turbine Housing Production
GROB's two-spindle G-module efficiently produces turbine housings, addressing challenges of machining heat-resistant steel with robust machines to minimize tool wear and costs.
Special Machine Development
A special machine based on the G320 features two motor spindles and a tool interface, ensuring rigidity and compensating for tool wear.
System Automation and Efficiency
Automation boosts productivity in turbine housing production with a pallet changer for two-spindle machines, reducing downtimes.
Production Process Optimization
Continuous process optimization enhances throughput times and efficiency, with new halls and advanced technologies improving production capabilities.
Universal Machine Assembly
A new assembly concept involves a three-station process, enhancing assembly efficiency and quality.
Customer Training and Digitalization
GROB emphasizes customer training, adapting to product complexity with digital materials and potential training apps.
Training and Development at GROB
GROB's training program enhances professional and social competencies, with courses in communication and customer interaction. International training is standardized across the GROB Group.
High-tech Training Center H12
The center features modern machinery and facilities for various training programs, enhancing safety and learning experiences.
GROB Technology and Application Center
Located in Hall 9, this center serves as a platform for workshops and seminars, showcasing GROB technologies and automation applications.
GROB Sales Structure
A global sales structure supports growth with local responsibilities for sales and marketing, ensuring a standardized process across locations.
GROB-Brazil
Investments in GROB do Brasil improve productivity and quality, aligning with the Mindelheim model for better synergy.
Investment in Machinery and Production Control
GROB do Brasil's investments in new machinery enhance precision and productivity, with an upgraded SAP-based production control system.
Quality and Productivity Improvements
New machinery and lean processes improve workpiece quality and productivity, with significant reductions in missing part rates.
Assembly and Fabrication Enhancements
Pre-assembly processes are restructured, and new equipment enhances productivity in fabrication and painting.
Environmental and Market Support
The Inovar-Auto Program supports technological innovations with tax reductions, boosting engine innovations and orders.
GROB Bluffton's Growth and Structure
GROB Bluffton in Ohio expands with new equipment, following the Mindelheim model, with a positive economic outlook.
Challenges and Opportunities in Russia
Despite economic challenges, GROB Russia sees opportunities in the aerospace industry, with improved sales and new contracts.
Expansion in China
GROB expands its Shanghai office with a new Technology and Applications Center, enhancing service and technical advice for customers.
Strategic Location Decision
The TAC in Shanghai is strategically located in the heart of the Chinese automotive industry, serving as a hub for customer interaction.
Training and Development in Dalian
GROB's training program in Dalian develops qualified employees, with ongoing programs for new apprentices.
Continuous Employee Development
GROB emphasizes continuous learning and development through external seminars and internal training programs.
Supplier Qualification
Supplier qualification is integral to GROB's quality management, fostering long-term partnerships and ensuring alignment with standards.
Conclusion
GROB's initiatives in expanding facilities, training employees, and qualifying suppliers enhance its competitive edge and support global market success.
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GROB International 01/15-1

Consolidating Global Historic Growth

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GROB International 01/15-2

Dear Colleagues, Dear business partners and friends of GROB, meet the requirements for innovations in GROB technologies. Therefore, starting with our parent plant in Mindelheim, new technologies and machinery are being introduced in the entire GROB Group. Right to left: Burkhart Grob, Margret Grob, Christian Grob The current order backlog has created a very favorable situation for our headquarters in Mindelheim as well as for the GROB Group as a whole. Despite less than optimistic market conditions in recent months and fluctuating growth, we were able to continue to add new orders. The global...

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GROB International 01/15-3

GROB-turbine housing production Boosting productivity with twin-spindle G-modules GROB-Innovative technology Milling and turning technology now also available for the G750T axis with the very favorable chip flow from the work piece from the smaller G550T. The tool management options of the G750T correspond to those of the G750 milling center. On the G750T tools with a length of 590 mm can be used without taking the work piece interference contour into account, and tools with a length of 650 mm can be used when taking the work piece interference contour into account. Customers therefore have a...

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GROB International 01/15-4

GROB-PRODUCTION - From the Production Process to the Product - GROB shows pure Dynamism — i m Application Center (TAC) was remodeled and expanded into a trade-fair-style showroom for the GROB product range. The Testing department was restructured and likewise significantly enlarged. The expansion of our product range and the numerous advancements in the machinery made this step necessary. Station timing for universal machines The production of universal machines is now based on a completely new assembly concept developed by a project team. A lot of time was invested in preparing new processes...

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GROB International 01/15-5

GROB-Customer Training Through changing times and framework conditions July15 Customer training team Customer training as a central link of the global GROB services has become increasingly important in light of increasing product complexity and tougher competition. An experienced team of ten qualified training instructors faces this challenge at GROB. It is not without reason that the word „customer“ is contained in the „Customer Training“ service description, as customers are not only the main GROB focus when it comes to sales, but especially in the field of after-sales service. The GROB expectations...

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GROB International 01/15-6

embe id-Nov m 014 to April 2 ing of Beginn m3 time – 7 truction space 40,276 ons ed C at m3 nov ce 5,187 m or – 1,200 Re spa flo Floor ete for hall – 415 tons Concr steel, total – 618 units km each Rebar ead lighting abling – 33 Overh and power c Data Fac Completion of the new GROB Training Center H12 The new training center at the GROB company headquarters provides the best environment when it comes to commercial and technical vocational training in Mindelheim. Starting in the spring of 2014, years of intensive planning in the construction phase were put into action, and at the end of that same...

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GROB International 01/15-7

Basic instruction Improved team-building hexagonal arrangement of workstations. Communication among apprentices is encouraged. Free space around the working area significantly expanded. Milling In recent years several conventional milling machines have been overhauled and renewed. Now 7 additional milling machines are available for basic instruction in the metal cutting area. Welding The new extraction and grinding system including spark traps not only increases the safety and health situation in this area, it also provides the opportunity– in conjunction with our „welding trees“ – to practice...

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GROB International 01/15-8

GROB-Sales Global sales structure systematically implemented Annual meeting of plant and branch office managers in Mindelheim By systematically implementing a global sales structure in a matrix organization, GROB has further expanded and promoted its sales program after enormous growth. Central functions and responsibilities such as project development have been transferred to the individual markets as much as possible in order to best support the customers. Due to the strong sales growth in recent years, the sales organization has had to be adapted to the new situation in order to meet market...

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GROB International 01/15-9

GROB-BRAZIL Extensive Capital Investment in Production and Assemblyr" GROB-USA DDOShh v—' GROB Bluffton - a company „made from scratch" With the most extensive replacement of all old machinery in production, the revamping of production control and wide-ranging employee training program, GROB do Brasil was able to essentially improve both productivity and product quality while strengthening cooperation within the company network. The road to significant improvement in productivity was long. The underlying conditions for production at GROB do Brasil were no longer up to the demands of a modern...

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GROB International 01/15-10

GROB-China Training at GROB Dalian – a small Success Story Following the worldwide GROB tradition, since the first day of the establishment of the plant in Dalian, young people have been trained following the Mindelheim model. The first group of twenty-five trainees have completed their apprenticeships as industrial mechanics or electronics technicians and have now been hired as employees. This is the first small success story at the GROB plant Dalian in its quest for qualified employees. 1956 in São Paulo, Brazil, 1968 in Mindelheim in Bavaria, 1983 in Bluffton, USA and 2012 in Dalian, China:...

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GROB International 01/15-11

GROB MACHINE TOOLS Birmingham, Great Britain GROB-WERKE Mindelheim, Germany ■■A! * GROB RUSSLAND Moscow, Russia GROB HUNGARIA Gyor, Hungary GROB SYSTEMS Bluffton, Ohio, USA GROB MACHINE TOOLS Shanghai, China GROB MEXICO Queretaro, Mexico GROB MACHINE TOOLS Hyderabad, India I** B. GROB DO BRASIL Sao Paulo, Brazil GROB-WERKE GmbH & Co. KG Mindelheim, GERMANY Phone: +49 8261 9960 E-Mail: [email protected] B. GROB DO BRASIL S.A. Sao Paulo, BRAZIL Phone: +55 11 43679100 E-Mail: [email protected] GROB SYSTEMS, INC. Bluffton, Ohio, USA Phone: +1 419 3589015 E-Mail: [email protected]...

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*Prices are pre-tax. They exclude delivery charges and customs duties and do not include additional charges for installation or activation options. Prices are indicative only and may vary by country, with changes to the cost of raw materials and exchange rates.