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Ton de Bruine, General Director of Brinks Metaalbewerking B. V.
“We have great trust in Schwäbische
Werkzeugmaschinen’s online services and the
Siemens technology that backs them up.
They’re making our processes more reliable
and our cost calculations more accurate.”
SW customer in the Netherlands
Headquartered in Vriezenveen in the Netherlands,
Brinks Metaalbewerking B.V. produces and supplies
components for carmakers and leading manufacturers
of agricultural machinery.
Netherlands
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Value-creating services
Siemens’ IT-supported services also create value for SW’s customers. Brinks
Metaalbewerking B. V., located in the Dutch town of Vriezenveen, is a prime
example. The company’s  employees produce parts mainly for the car indus-
try. Via systems suppliers, numerous top-of-the-line carmakers source com-
ponents like valve blocks for convertible top controls and active spring systems
from Brinks. Leading manufacturers of agricultural machinery are also on Brinks’
customer list.
Operating around the clock, SW’s machines in Vriezenveen manufacture tens
of thousands of identical components in series production – components that
Brinks’ customers want at the right time and in the right quantities for their
assembly lines. Top quality is essential. “If one of our machines shuts down un-
expectedly, we immediately have problems meeting our delivery deadlines,”
says company owner Ton de Bruine. “Because our production lines run  hours
a day, there’s little extra machine capacity to compensate for any breakdowns
that may occur.”
Brinks specializes in the machining of metals:
high-precision and high-volume drilling,
milling and thread cutting. For these opera-
tions alone, the company uses  machines
from Schwäbische Werkzeugmachinen.