Rovema has opened its new production hall with a capacity of about 1,000 m² after only seven months of construction time from planning to finish the operation. The new building, which is connected to an existing hall is built of pre-assembled ferroconcrete parts and corresponds to the recent regulations for heat insulation. A big panoramic window enables assembly work in daylight. Three fast run gates reduce loading time, as the trucks can drive directly into the hall. So the machines can be loaded from the new installation site directly onto the trucks.
20 people will be mounting and testing vertical baggers and end-of-line machines in the new hall, where complete packaging lines can be implemented now before they are delivered to the customer. A 12 t crane and a 15 t crane are mounted from the ceiling and facilitate transport during the production flow.
In phase 2 an outbuilding with an office for foremen and a social area for employees will be joined to the hall during 2017. The expansion of production capacity was necessary to come up to the positive order trend. Further expansion stages are planned according to the development of business.
In 2010, the company had a turnover of € 36 m and 280 employees. This year orders of € 90 m are expected. At the same time the staffing level has doubled from 282 to approximately 580 people worldwide.