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TIAMA

AT THE CORE

OF ASIA PACIFIC GLASS

EXPANSION
BDF
BDF
2017 STARTS

ON A HIGH NOTE

With a new order for 21 themselves. TIAMA’s BDF Industries has on-site delivery services.
machines, TIAMA is the tailored inspection and launched into 2017 with And last but not least,
preferred supplier in the service has played a key three major successes. BDF Industries has
Asia Pacific Glass (APG) role in ensuring that The company has, in acquired ECS Numerical
state-of-the-art glass APG’s Cold End area fact, secured a furnace Control, an absolute
plant 100% equipped with now vies with the most rebuilding project at leader in the Italian
TIAMA machines at the prestigious glass plants Glassforce, Aba Plant market and a great
Cold-End. worldwide. Nigeria. After many years innovator in the sector as
Back in 2013: Thailand, The success of the new of operations, Glassforce a whole.
Bangkok, the glassmaker factory led to the decision Ltd. and its partner ECS Electronic Systems
confirmed its entry to install a second Consol South Africa has S.p.A. was founded in
on the dynamic Thai furnace for 2017. It was appointed BDF Industries 1970 with the aim of
hollow-glass market with logical for APG to call on for furnace rebuilding in designing, producing and
a project to build a new Tiama’s expertise once Nigeria in 2017. BDF distributing numerical
factory with an initial 310 again for this addition. will provide complete controls for machine tools
TPD furnace with three The company had been technological equipment (milling, turning and
dedicated production supportive and involved and service on a turnkey cutting). In the Numerical
lines to source Carabao, since the very beginning basis, confirming the Controls sector, which
Thailand’s energy drink and a genuine relationship strategic strength in terms includes in addition to
leader. had developed. of equipment and service the CNC also motors
TIAMA was selected to Today, with a new order in the Region. and drives for axes and
perform the Cold End for 21 machines, it is no The second major spindle, ECS has assumed
Inspection with its best- surprise that TIAMA is announcement is that an increasingly important
selling MCAL4, MULTI4 the preferred supplier in BDF Industries has role in terms of market
and MX4. In the summer this state of the art glass successfully completed share and it has gradually
of 2016, after almost plant 100% equipped with the delivery of a turnkey expanded its commercial
three years of close TIAMA machines at the glass plant in Angola. and technical presence in
collaboration with TIAMA Cold-End. After the completion Europe and throughout
offering its glass quality TIAMA has also of all design, detailed the world.
control know-how to strengthened its presence engineering, equipment
this young but ambitious in Thailand and south manufacturing, steelwork
player, not only are the east Asia with a local and MEP arrangements,
machines performing Customer Support team all the materials and all
excellent inspections, based in Bangkok, with the 297 containers have
in line with TIAMA’s 5 after-sales engineers been delivered to site,
latest developments, but dedicated entirely to this ready for the erection
all production lines are market. The ability of this phase. Thanks to good
running with consistent, team to ensure proximity project management
repeatable and reliable and support in response and carefully-selected
quality control levels to local needs, explains suppliers, BDF has
maintained by strict the noteworthy presence achieved the important
operational protocols and success of TIAMA in target of manufacturing,
maintained by APG staff the region. factory tests and complete

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