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March 2013
More effective production with automation – Nissan building the cars of the future with automation from AP&T
“The gateway to a brave new electric world.” This is how the 100% electric Nissan LEAF was described when it won the 2011 World Car of the Year award. Thus far the car model has only been manufactured in Japan, but production will also commence at Nissan’s plant in Sunderland, UK this spring. It will be one of the models being built using press equipment that has been upgraded with automation from AP&T.
March 2013
Quality decisive for choice – Viessmann chooses press equipment from AP&T
The Viessmann Group, one of the world's leading heating system manufacturers, has invested in a new hydraulic press and a new tool changing system from AP&T. The equipment will be used to produce high-capacity boilers at Viessmann's facilities in Berlin.
February 2013
AP&T investing in new facility
The sheet metal forming experts at AP&T are making their biggest investment ever – in entirely new production facilities in Ulricehamn, Sweden. "We are equipping ourselves to meet the growing market for press hardening," says Tord Andersson, CEO of AP&T.
December 2012
Continued success for AP&T's press hardening – First complete press hardening line to Japan
The automotive industry's interest in AP&T's press hardening production solutions is continuing to grow at a rapid pace. The most recent delivery is a complete production line for one of Japan's leading manufacturers of body parts, G-TEKT, with operations all over the world.
August 2012
Aluminum hot forming – SAPA makes the impossible possible with equipment from AP&T
Just over a year ago, SAPA's research and development center in Finspång, Sweden announced that a method was being developed for aluminum hot forming using equipment from AP&T. The information was cloaked in secrecy and no details were revealed. Now, however, the door to hot gas forming – a technology that makes the impossible possible – has now been slightly opened.