Conservatory manufacturer WIPRO inaugurates new machining centre

Production at leading conservatory system provider from Saxony-Anhalt revolutionized by new profile machining centre

Conservatory manufacturer WIPRO’s brand-new profile machining centre was officially opened today by the company’s CEO Axel Frömert, who was joined by Thomas Wünsch (State Secretary at Saxony-Anhalt’s Ministry of Economy, Science and Digitalization). The many invited guests included representatives of the government of Saxony-Anhalt, the local authority and the regional economy. Every week, about 70 conservatories and patio roofs will be completely prefabricated on the profile machining centre before being assembled and delivered to customers.

“Cutting the red ribbon and the first production run of this new machining centre herald WIPRO’s entry into a new era of industrial manufacturing,” declared company founder Axel Frömert. “Previously, all the identical parts for an entire week’s output had to be made one after the other and then intricately assembled. Now, however, a conservatory can be completely prefabricated in a single operation thanks to the innovative rotation module. This significantly reduces time and costs and will make production far more efficient for us. At present, we’re the only company in Europe to use this revolutionary technology. This investment lays the foundation for our continued dynamic development.”

State Secretary Thomas Wünsch emphasized in his speech the importance of companies like WIPRO for the economic development of the region and Saxony-Anhalt as a whole. “WIPRO is one of the growth drivers in the region. Over the past few years, a string of investments has been carried out in Brehna, creating more than 80 jobs. The company was founded here and has grown dynamically. WIPRO is truly representative of the entrepreneurial spirit and ingenuity of the entire region.”

The installation of the new SBZ 628 profile machining centre, which was supplied by elumatec, a company based in Mühlacker near Stuttgart, is for the time being the last step in WIPRO’s extensive expansion strategy, which began with the expansion of its production area to 8,000 square metres and the construction of an administrative wing with a floor space of 1,000 square metres in 2013. This, the biggest expansion in the conservatory manufacturer’s history, paved the way for the consistent industrialization of production, which also started in 2013 with the acquisition of initially two CNC-controlled profile machining centres. This development was partly funded by the government of Saxony-Anhalt. “We’d like to take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks once again for the quick, flexible support which has always been provided by for example the Saxony Anhalt Investment and Marketing Corporation and the Saxony-Anhalt Investment Bank as well as Sandersdorf-Brehna District Council. This shows that entrepreneurial activity is at home here,” emphasized Axel Frömert. However, the conservatory manufacturer’s positive development is also attributable to the innovation and philosophy of WIPRO, which is a one-stop shop for the concept, production and transport of individual conservatory systems. Unique products with innovative details are created here by a combination of modern machinery and the manual skills of more than 80 employees. Numerous market innovations, such as the concept of lighting and shading systems integrated into the eaves, integrated control and energy concepts, and ELEGANZA PLUS – the first and so far only conservatory in the world to be built to ultra-low energy passive house standards – now come from Saxony-Anhalt.

Company background:

WIPRO System GmbH & Co.KG is one of the foremost system providers of conservatories and patio roofs on the market. The company owns numerous intellectual property rights protecting its inventions. Development, planning, production and logistics are exclusively carried out by the more than 80 employees working on the company’s premises over 8,000 square metres in size in Brehna, Saxony-Anhalt. WIPRO’s network of contract partners spanning Germany as well as other dealers in Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland ensure expert local service. WIPRO currently builds more than 3,500 conservatories and patio roofs every year.

For more information, please go to www.wipro-system.com.

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