SKF inaugurated Tuesday on the site of St-Cyr-sur-Loire its European center of automotive replacement kits. Six production lines in total to increase in two years the production to 15 000 products per year, with about sixty posts created.

It is a label of trust by the world's leading ball bearing. The Swedish giant SKF strengthens its first plant in France, that of St-Cyr-sur-Loire and its 1,300 employees, inaugurating this Tuesday its automotive spare kits European center.

In France, wage costs are higher than in Eastern Europe or the Maghreb, but the added value of our products and the industrial performance of our employees are greater. "Eric Beghini, head of the SKF site in St- Cyr-sur-Loire

In total, 6 production lines spread so far in Sweden, Italy and Singapore are centralized in St-Cyr to be more efficient and fast. To reduce costs as well. The goal is to produce annually up to 15,000 spare parts. Transmission, bearing or clutch kits, all designed for our automotive garages, more than 6,000 points of sale throughout Europe and Africa.

20% of the tasks performed in this replacement center are robotized. The robot allows remaining competitive and keeping our industrial jobs. "Hervé Girardin, director of automotive website at SKF in St-Cyr.

With that, in two years, the creation of about sixty posts. Next project in St-Cyr for SKF is the construction of a new logistics center of 10,000 m2. The start of works for the end of the year, delivery expected at the end of 2018.

Original Source: francebleu.fr
 

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