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This month marks Proferro's 35th anniversary operating as a separate entity within Picanol Group. It is an important milestone that has enabled us to reflect on the impressive growth we’ve experienced since 1989. For more than three decades, Proferro has been providing top-quality castings and specializing in machining, assembly, and co-engineering...

Throughout Proferro's production departments, we use LED lighting that adjusts itself according to the amount of natural light coming in from outside with the goal of optimizing our energy/light consumption. The LED lights are controlled via DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface), which is an international standard for lighting control that...

We are about to take some time off to enjoy our annual summer vacation period. Therefore, please note that our offices will be closed from Monday, July 22, 2024, until Friday, August 16, 2024. However, the Proferro team will remain at your disposal for any urgent matters. We’d like to take this opportunity to wish you a relaxing and sunny vacation...

Proferro was recently presented with the Supplier Award 2023 by its customer Kubota. Our excellent series production of castings for Kubota as well as our seamless collaboration in the development of various parts for Kubota’s tractors played a significant role in our receiving this award.

In our finishing department for foundry tools, a new machine from the supplier Priminer was recently commissioned for finishing model plates. The new three-axis machine replaces our previous machine and now also allows large model plates to be handled in one fixture. Thanks to the more modern control system on the new machine, the operator also has...

When it comes to the truck transportation of all our goods, we strive to combine shipments and ensure that the trucks are loaded as optimally as possible. Among other things, we achieve this through smart transport planning, compact packaging, and mixed transport, which leads to fewer kilometers being driven and thus less CO₂ emissions. To realize...

In the design process of the cast iron parts we produce for our customers, our qualified designers always strive to optimize the use of material. This approach is taken for both cost and sustainability reasons. Material optimization refers to reducing the amount of material needed to produce a casting, while either maintaining or improving its...

Last year, a brand new EMAG lathe was delivered to Proferro for the mechanical finishing of steel and cast pieces. It has now been officially commissioned, taking our production process to the next level. The new lathe consists of two spindles that are connected by a round table with a gantry robot above it, two tool posts with 12 tools each, as...

Proferro has invested in seven new Mabo AGV Reach Trucks in order to further optimize internal logistics. Four of the seven AGV Reach Trucks are now operational and fully controlled by the digital Objective system. The AGVs' current applications include transporting vessels between the finishing department and the automated high-bay warehouse. The...

At Proferro, we’re strongly committed to the health and safety of our employees. We want to ensure a safe working environment, and to realize this we continuously motivate all our employees to be aware of the health and safety aspects of each job and to take all the necessary precautions. In this context, in recent months we have launched a...

To all our colleagues, customers, suppliers, and other partners: we wish you a wonderful end to the year and a fantastic start to 2024.

To symbolize the end of the structural work on the new Picanol Group headquarters in Ieper (Belgium), a maypole was placed on the highest point of our construction site on December 20, 2023. This is a tradition in the construction industry to ensure good luck for the future of a building project. In this connection, we would like to thank our...

Alongside our future new headquarters in Ieper, a B TES field ( borehole- thermal- energy- storage) is currently being constructed which will ensure the heating and cooling of the building in a climate-friendly manner. To realize this BTES field, we carried out a total of 136 drillings, each of which was 95 meters deep.

Sustainability is playing a central role in our society. Paying attention to our ecological and carbon footprint, and investing in green energy and further greening of our vehicle fleet is obviously an important part of this. As a company, we want to incorporate sustainability into all the actions we undertake. Therefore, we’ve recently invested in...

We are about to take some time off to enjoy our annual summer vacation period. Therefore, please note that our offices will be closed from Friday, July 21, 2023, until Tuesday, August 15, 2023. However, the Proferro team will remain at your disposal for any urgent matters. We’d like to take this opportunity to wish you a relaxing and sunny vacation...

Last week, our new EMAG lathe for the mechanical finishing of our cast iron parts was delivered to Proferro. The new vertical lathe consists of two spindles that are connected by a round table with a portal robot situated above it, two turrets with 12 tools each, and a base plate for a solid drill. All these features allow parts to be finished in a...

Our internal fire department recently invested in new intervention clothing. Thanks to this investment, all members of our fire department now have personalized intervention clothing in accordance with the equipment of the regional fire department.

This week a new robot was put into service at Proferro for the automatic loading and unloading of parts. The robot can pick up 30 different parts without requiring any conversion, using 4 magnetic grippers, which it can change independently. In addition, the robot is equipped with a 3D camera, which allows it to recognize parts. Thanks to this...

Proferro has commissioned a new robot for the mechanical finishing of cast iron pieces. It complements three others, which have been in operation for some time. The new robot’s innovative features include improved spindle performance for grinding larger pieces, while its ergonomic design and installation make it easier to operate. Proferro is thus...

To enable the further optimization of its internal logistics process, Proferro is investing in seven new Mabo AGV Reach Trucks. The first one was put into service at the end of 2022 and it has since been transporting our vessels between the division where they are finished and the automatic high-bay warehouse. Six more Mabo AGV Reach Trucks will be...

To all our colleagues, customers, suppliers, and other partners: we wish you a wonderful end to the year and a fantastic start to 2023. Please note that our offices will be closed from Saturday, December 24, 2022, until Sunday, January 1, 2023. However, the Proferro team remains at your disposal for any urgent matters! We wish you happy holidays!

Over the past few years, Proferro has progressively initiated a water treatment process as a solution for reducing deposits and contamination in our cooling systems. This involves purifying the water using pre-filtration and post-filtration and a catalyst. Not only is such a catalyst more environmentally friendly than conventional solutions...

Proferro is continuously committed to energy saving and innovation. As part of our efforts in this area, we commissioned a new HOTBOX machine in August 2022 for the production of our cores. This new machine compresses the functions of our three previous machines into one and also provides an improvement in quality. In cooperation with the Italian...

The annual summer vacation period is just around the corner. Please note that our offices will be closed from Saturday, July 16, 2022, until Sunday, August 7, 2022. However, the Proferro team will remain at your disposal for any urgent matters. We’d like to take this opportunity to wish you a relaxing and sunny vacation period!