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CUTTING MACHINES

LiSEC General Manager Vincent Blockeel “With the previous cut-
ting table we had problems
all the time. It was only
five years old, but when
we dismantled it to make
room for the base LAMI-
is willing to invest in something
CUT, there were dozens
new and build it up
of screws lying underneath
– this was not the quality I
IN THE RIGHT expected.”

PLACE AT THE During Glasstec,

RIGHT TIME LiSEC and Dochy

– a typical
FOR DOCHY small-sized

company – were

able to find the

right match with
ith 32 employ- ucts in the requested qual-
ees and an an- ity. In the past, I had no
W nual turnover chance to invest in high- a cutting table
of about EUR 5 million, end equipment, which has
Dochy is the perfect exam- become an absolute pre- from the LiSEC
ple of a small-sized compa- requisite to be successful
ny. Founded in 1911 and and competitive. My visit base series, in
located in West Flanders, to Glasstec changed this.”
Belgium, the company BASE PRODUCTS ON
was taken over by General SHOW AT GLASSTEC its production of
Manager Vincent Blockeel
in 2007 as no successor to At Glasstec, LiSEC in- single glass and
the management could be troduced its base series
found. Dochy processes of products: solutions for laminated glasses
single glass and laminated glass processors that are
glasses for all types of ap- located in so-called emerg- for all types of
plications, as well as mir- ing markets or for start-up
rors. companies and newcomers applications.
Blockeel is straightforward to the industry. The base
and very clear in his think- series of products offers
ing: “I know we are not a LiSEC quality at an af-
big company, but we too fordable price. And that is
have to deliver our prod- what counted for Blockeel.

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