Manufacturing Magazine May 2015 | Page 62

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Having said that , the company has been focusing on work groups to improve the internal efficiency to reinforce the foundation and prepare for coming years of growth . “ Last year we invested strongly on boosting the capacity , allowing us to diversify even more our wire production , which used to be concentrated on home appliances but now also serves the automotive sector . Currently , we invest around 6 percent of net revenue in new products and capacity increase , and that always represents investments above double digits of millions of Brazilian Reais ,” remarked Paloschi .
Another highlight is the first power cord automatic manufacturing equipment , which the company brought to Brazil with a USD $ 1 million investment . It added tremendous efficiency and quality , in addition to a significant cost reduction .
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