FEDER - NUSBAUMER - DRIFT PROJECT
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The Nusbaumer company is a partner in this collaborative project which also brings together the following partners: the Saverglass Group which also has a site in Normandy (Tourres et cie in Le Havre) and the Lamih laboratory at the Polytechnic University of Hauts de France. Saverglass and the mold maker Nusbaumer, some thirty kilometers away, jointly develop and produce the majority of the tools following empirical methods which rely primarily on the know-how of their personnel.Nusbaumer, an SME of 40 people (€4.7 million turnover in 2018) manufacturer of Glassware Molds and Models, specializes in the production of tools for the wine and spirits sector, through its long-standing collaboration with Saverglass. Currently Nusbaumer is the only mold maker in the Glass Valley able to meet the needs of Saverglass, all of his colleagues focusing on the perfumery business, with very different specificities and tool dimensions. The glassware mold manufacturing business in France faces competition from companies located in countries with low labor costs. Furthermore, companies in the sector are closely linked to local demand and their activity is often single activity / single client, which represents a risk. In this context Nusbaumer, whose activity is more than 90% associated with Saverglass, must strengthen its technical skills and know-how in order to be recognized as the essential manufacturer of glassware molds for high-end spirits, allowing it to increase its competitiveness and differentiate itself from its competitors. Thus, through this project, the partners work together to make the tools more reliable (in particular the material), to optimize the design of existing molds to respond to production issues, to evaluate the relevance of new material grades (which Nusbaumer can/must exploit if the relevance is proven) and to support Nusbaumer to enable it to understand the influence of its production processes on the performance of the molds (thermal, dimensional, machine stability, lifespan, etc.). This project aims for Nusbaumer to support its partners to improve reliability and better control the shaping of their glass bottles, part of the process for which Nusbaumer is a preferred supplier.
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