MITOS is investing for growth
28 September 2016
Originally formed in 2012 as a sales company focused on screws and small metal parts, MITOS Srl is now a manufacturer that is able to offer a supporting role to companies specialising in the production and distribution of fixings.
Based on the outskirts of Milan is MITOS’ 800m2 facility that houses five presses, five rolling machines, four assembly machines, one hexagonal punching tool, one cleaning machine and, for quality control, one three dimensional optical microscope.
The company offers customers, predominantly producers of screws and bolts, turning shops and major distributors, the opportunity to outsource pressing, thread cutting or assembly and threading processes. MITOS can offer special fasteners to customers’ designs, with its most popular product the captive washer screw.
“One very important aspect that our clients appreciate us for is our availability and ability to keep pace with market requirements,” mentions MITOS. “In the interests of ensuring the most complete service possible, we are even able to supply small batches.”
MITOS currently supplies customers in Italy, Spain, Germany and France, with the intention to consolidate its national network, whilst developing markets abroad. A key part of this growth is to continue to invest in order to be able to respond to new and ongoing requirements from clients. Indispensable for growth is continuous research on improvements in all the sectors of the company.
Improved production and technology means an increase in production capacities and the product range, as well as reducing consumption and environmental impact. Improving the organisational and staffing structure involves sharing objectives, plus training and professional development courses on the production process, technology and sales.
There is also the constant improvement in product and work quality through investment plans – aimed at the gradual automation of all phases that comprise the production process – in order to permit highly specialised personnel to guarantee high-quality standards.
Consequently, automation – which is one of the main challenges in the fasteners sector – will enable increasing optimisation of processes in order to reduce labour costs, and compete with the low cost countries.
As a result of this level of investment over the past year, MITOS has improved the machine pool with the addition of an assembly machine specialising in the production of double washer screws, automatic loading systems and an automated packaging system.
The company has also introduced an electronic archiving system that is able to provide a product ‘history’ – gathering together in a single management system all the information from simple sales quotations through to final quality and inspection reports.
Finally, MITOS’ investment plan also includes the upgrading of the pressing area, with the arrival of new presses and the improvement of quality controls – with the introduction of avant-garde technology. This will enable automated control of the product at every stage.
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