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Støtek has years of experience working with the automotive industry, which has brought along a great amount of knowledge and insight as to what...
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Leading German automobile manufacturer, Audi was looking for a modern, sustainable, and trusted way to create high-quality automotive parts in aluminum. With Støtek, they found a solution and a partner to meet their demands.
Luxury German automobile manufacturer, Audi, seeks out the innovative dosing technology of Støtek to produce high-quality structural parts for their automotive processes. With energy-savings and sustainability being the main focuses for Audi, the pressure-less and streamlined Støtek aluminum furnace system became their trusted dosing equipment.
“Støtek and Audi have worked very closely to solve the challenges given in Audis specifications. (...) Common analyses, together with the technical discussions, have brought the total furnace project to life.”
Martin Mayr, Technology Development Casting, Audi
STAYING COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKET
With a legacy of luxury, safety, and style, Audi has continued to evolve and has thus adopted new, more efficient, and sustainable ways to stay competitive in the market.
One of the technologies that Audi has adopted in this mission to keep their automotive productions safe, secure, and easy to maintain has been our innovative Støtek aluminum dosing furnace.
Why did audi choose Støtek?
We had the chance to sit down with Martin Mayr from Audi, who shared his thoughts on why they chose our Støtek furnace and dosing system over other suppliers in the market.
The main arguments were that Støtek never ceased to deliver on:
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Improved metal quality for complex structural automotive parts |
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Easy maintenance and low spare part costs |
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Technical considerations of the dosing system, such as the small dosing area and pressure-less furnace |
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Reliable furnace system with the ability to be customized for specific AUDI requirements |
We further asked Martin to elaborate on the customer experience when working with Støtek, and to this, he stated the following:
“Through close personal dialogue, Audi, and Støtek found the solution to standardize furnace and maintenance according to Audi's standard.”
Martin Mayr, Technology Development Casting, Audi
As seen below, Audi ordered our dosing furnaces in white to match the additional layout of the factory. In general, we have no trouble accommodating customized brand features on our furnaces when requested by a customer.
Audi isn’t the only organization looking towards Støtek's dosing furnaces for improved metal quality, process efficiency, and production sustainability.
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We always enjoy receiving feedback on how our furnaces have improved our customers' production lines and facilitated the workload of the people operating them.
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