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Daimler Chrysler SA builds C Class Mercedes Benz vehicles for the international market. This includes the US and European markets as well as South Africa.
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The Pulley Division operates as an independent division and is not reliant on any license / technical agreement.
All processes needed to manage projects are completed in-house. Our strengths lie in the following:
- Strong technical support at conceptual stage to improve product design and reduce manufacturing costs.
- The ability to design and manufacture pulleys to customer parametric requirements. This includes conducting FEA’s, endurance & load testing.
- In-house manufacture of all required tooling to reduce project lead times and to ensure the highest quality tooling in order to produce the highest quality products
- Flexibility is maintained in the manufacturing equipment & processes to ensure that:
- Equipment utilisation is maximised, thereby reducing fixed manufacturing costs;
- Ability to react quickly to fluctuating customer demands; and
- Ability to manufacture smaller batches economically.
- Utilization of well maintained, high-tech equipment to ensure the highest quality products, together with consistent supply.
- A strong, well trained and experienced team of personnel ensures continuous development and improvement of processes, while permanently striving toward excellence.
- Excellent government support with the MIDP (Motor Industry Development Programme) to support and promote export programmes.
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- BMW AG - Pulleys
- GM South Africa – Pulleys
- General Motors AG & GM North America - Pulleys
- Metaldyne - Pulleys
- Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa - Pulleys
- GPM - Pulleys
- Vibracoustic - Pulleys
- Unitech - Pulleys
- Daimler Chrysler AG – Pulleys
- Daimler Chrysler South Africa – Door Modules
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Well-established Baisch Engineering has added a new string to its bow. The company recently opened a facility in East London, located close to the Daimler Chrysler plant. This came about in 2005, when a partnership was formed between German company, KMI (a joint venture between Kiekert and Intier) and Baisch.
KMI won a tender to produce door modules on the Daimler Chrysler W204 project and sub-contracted the project to Baisch, who opened a branch in East London to service it.
Production began officially on 22 June 2007 and the project is scheduled to run for seven years. The state-of-the-art production line meets the Daimler Chrysler requirement of just-in-sequence manufacturing. Essentially, it operates according to a shift number, based on a number for each particular day for a specific vehicle in a particular sequence. Most vehicles produced at Daimler Chrysler are built to order.
Orders for door modules are sent to Baisch via EDI, an electronic data interchange. This ensures that Baisch builds modules according to vehicles on the production line, and these are delivered to Daimler Chrysler every hour via logistics partner, Schenker.
The sophisticated production system ensures that human error is eliminated. Once an order has been punched in, relevant parts bins are highlighted via flashing lights. Stringent checking systems ensure that no part will be signed off unless it is 100% correct. Only then can it be removed from the line and packed for despatch.
The company currently operates on a two shift system and employs 24 operators, two foremen and four office staff. However, as the project ramps up to full production, an increase in staff numbers is likely. Naturally, once the door lock division is brought on board at the East London facility, these numbers will once again increase.
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Baisch Engineering’s Pulley Division produces a range of poly-v pulleys for the automotive industry. Included in the range are crankshaft, power-steering, water pump and numerous components for crankshaft anti-vibration dampers. At present, 92% of our products are exported from South Africa, while the remaining 8% are supplied to the local market.
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