Prolyte Group Opens New Purpose Built Factory

	Prolyte's new purpose-built factory ribbon-cutting ceremony at the grand opening.

Prolyte Group, a manufacturer of trussing and staging systems, will officially open its new purpose-built factory in Piatra Olt, Romania, following a series of opening ceremonies this week. Distributors, press, governmental authorities, and stakeholders were invited to join this celebration.

Prolyte started to translocate all its manufacturing facilities to Romania as part of a long-term plan in 2010. The commissioning of the new factory is the final and most important phase of this plan, consolidating all its European manufacturing capacity into a 5,000sqm facility, with expansion room till 16,000sqm.

The new production facility is accommodated with brand new automated production equipment, new welding jigs, and state of the art product lines. In addition, the building contains industry-leading employee welfare and environmental systems, as well as an in-house training facility for welding personnel.

The complete custom factory, including all equipment, procedures, and personnel has obtained an EN1090 certification in the highest execution class III and is further ISO 3834-2 certified by the International Institute of Welding.

The total group manufacturing capacity will grow by 250%, which is vital for the continued world-wide sales expansion.

Lambert Bouwmeester, Prolyte Group CEO, comments: "Prolyte has always been typified as market leader in production technology, which underpins our quality promise. We have pioneered some production firsts, such as automated jigging and robotized welding, these innovations will continue in our new factory."

Mihai Hlihor, Prolyte Group COO, continues:" It's very important to us to invest in Europe and to assure our customers that we have the most efficient production facility, meeting our exacting standards. We're very proud to have achieved this in such a short time span."

The company says "Prolyte is confident that the new facility will cement its position as market leader in terms of volume, quality, and global network reach, as well as giving a solid foundation for its continued international expansion."

The opening ceremonies started by officially cutting a ribbon, followed by a tour of the factory, explaining the production process as well as the quality control in detail by Craig Huskins, technical manager and Constantin Ciucia, quality manager.

The tour was followed by speeches from Bouwmeester and Hlihor highlighting the efforts and achievements of all involved in this project, which links the Romanian and the Dutch Prolyte team in a common goal to excel as truss manufacturer.

Champagne and a traditional Romanian lunch concluded the day, which was highly appreciated by all guests.