BNL (Thailand) Limited
In June 2008, BNL’s latest stage of expansion saw a second manufacturing site opening in Thailand.
When the need arose to plan for new capacity, as well as expanding sales to Malaysia, China and other Asian countries, we looked to establish a new facility in Asia enabling usto increase our supply chain efficiency and better serve our customers in the region. As an emerging economic dynamo for the area, Thailand was ideal in its proximity to major players in some of BNL’s main market sectors.
BNL (Thailand) Limited is based in the thriving industrial manufacturing centre of Rayong, on Thailand’s Eastern Seaboard. Considered the ‘Detroit of the East’, the Eastern Seaboard and Rayong Province is strategically located near to main ports and connections. The industrial estate covers 3,451 acres and our neighbours include General Motors, Toyota, Parker Hannifin and Ford Mazda joint ventures. The site is near to one of our major suppliers and many of our customers, creating efficiencies throughout our supply chain.
Our 2,604sqm facility was established in the summer months of 2008, with its Grand Opening in the following October. BNL welcomed business partners to the Hemaraj Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate in Rayong, to join in a traditional Thai ceremony and celebration to mark the official opening of the factory.
Assembly & Moulding Capabilities
Housing an assembly team, moulding department and tool production, the facility is equipped with new jigs, testing and measurement equipment, plus a range of new Krauss Maffei CX moulding machines spanning from 35 – 160 tonnes. All are equipped with the top of the range Krauss Maffei Quality Assurance System and in-process monitoring, including an ‘out-of- spec’ auto reject facility.
Maintaining production quality and consistency is vital, so we have transferred all BNL-dedicated staff from a previous assembly facility in Malaysia to the Rayong site. This new moulding and assembly capability has given us ample capacity for additional activities to be undertaken. For many customers who have sites in the Asia-Pacific region, we can facilitate bringing the stages of production closer together and improve overall supply chain efficiencies.
As a self sufficient unit in moulding, assembly, tool production and maintenance we can maintain good supply lead-times and deliver significant benefi ts to our customers.
Further information on BNL's production capabilities can be found here.
The Future...
Our long-term aim for BNL (Thailand) is to build up the facility in order to provide our customers with a comprehensive global service. Local services and sourcing from Asia, providing greater integration of products or services such as additional production, assembly, tooling, purchasing, project support, sales and engineering or other benefits.
These services would further complement and enhance the activities already provided from BNL’s global centre of excellence located at our HQ in the UK.
For further details please contact BNL on:
E: marketing@bnl-bearings.com
T: 01423 799200
F: 01423 862259
www.bnl-bearings.com