LITEONMOBILE has intensively developed in-house tooling capabilities. The company has invested heavily in expanding production capacity, increasing technical competence and improving operational performance.
A year ago LITEONMOBILE started to develop Tooling operations as one of its strategic targets. The aim was to have the best-in-class tooling capabilities in-house. The in-house capacity has doubled in a year and at the same time quality and flexibility is clearly much better than when tools were manufactured by subcontractors.
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The main manufacturing site for LOM Tooling is in Shenzhen, China.
As a part of the expansion of common tooling capacity, LOM has focused its metal tooling know-how in Guangzhou, China. |
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Part of Product Creation
The participation in product creation is essential for the successful, efficient production. It also ensures that customers are supplied with the most suitable solutions. |
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Recycling for the future
One way to increase flexibility and provide services for different kinds of customers is the recycling of tools. The standardisation of LOM tools began earlier this year. The aim is to recycle 80 per cent of LOM tools. This also takes cost efficiency one step further and makes the production process faster.
– The standards for recyclable tools will be ready during 2009; all recently manufactured LOM tools are recyclable. Tool recycling ensures improved cost efficiency for all kinds of end-products from low to high profile, and from smaller volumes to mass production, says Tero Vanninen.