BKS doubles its grinding capacity at its Belgian location and strengthens its plant in Luxemburg
BKS doubles its grinding capacity at its Belgian location and strengthens its plant in Luxemburg
BKS is a worldwide SME specialized in the production and grinding of industrial knives used in the petrochemical industry. The company operates four production centers located in Belgium, Luxemburg, Thailand and Indonesia.
BKS’s knives are used in the plastic pelletizing industry with customers across the total value chain. Starting from virgin plastic producers, to Compounders and Masterbatch companies until Recycling companies. This last segment has shown tremendous growth in the last months and BKS is proud to contribute to the success of this market segment.
Motivated by its growing success in the pelletizing industry, BKS purchased at the end of 2021 three brand new Haas fully automated CNC grinding machines. These machines have been delivered this summer and will reinforce the current production capacity of BKS.
This increased capacity will contribute to reduce the production lead-time, rise the global customer service and increase our knives quality.
Focusing on short lead-times
As a reliable, pragmatic and flexible organization, BKS understand how important it is to guarantee short lead-times for its customers. Short re-sharpening lead times means a reduced risks of production downtime at our customers.
The new Haas machines will contribute to the realization of our “one week service” target. Aside the grinding service, BKS invested significantly in its stock to deliver new blades quickly in case of unexpected customer needs.
Increasing market proximity
Aware of the strategic advantage of being located close to its customers, BKS will locate the new machines in its various production sites. Two machines will be located in Belgium while the third one will be installed in Luxemburg.
The company operated transport routes will further be adapted to ensure a timely and effective transport service.
Investing in Technology
Acquiring several new machines is always an opportunity to redesign and rethink one’s production processes and techniques. For BKS, these new acquisitions will enable us to increase the production quality through state-of-the-art precision, improved cycle times and a high level of automation. This high amount of automation will help our technicians to focus on the tasks that request human expertise and where BKS’s added value is clearly established.
Apart from the new grinding machines, BKS acquired an advanced Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) to enhance its quality control department in its headquarter in Belgium. The combination of high-tech grinding machines with a strict automated control protocol will be the best guarantee for trouble free production at our customer’s locations.
These new investments show the commitment and focus of BKS to its partners and customers in the Petrochemical industry. With a doubling of its European capacity and the reinforcement of its capacity in Asia BKS will stay ahead of the game for the years to come.
More info ? Nicolas Jacquemin, Director : +32 87 39 30 92 – njacquemin@bks-knives.com