Fertinger

Rupert FERTINGER GmbH


Products: solutions for cooling elements and batteries, or cable connections, sanitary technology
Industry: mechanical & plant engineering


A-2120 Wolkersdorf

Shaping semi-finished metal products such as profiles, rods, tubes, strips, plates and forged semi-finished parts into functional components or component groups requires a high level of technological manufacturing expertise, which has been developed at RF over the last seven decades and is constantly being perfected.

Rupert Fertinger (RF) develops, designs, constructs and manufactures production tools exclusively for its own requirements. With this many years of experience in the construction of tools, FERTINGER has been able to establish itself as a specialist for metal process tools. The tool portfolio includes machining tools for machining, devices for clamping and fixing the products in the machines and systems during machining. Punching tools, forging dies and tube bending tools as well as tools for tube end machining. Around 200 employees work for Rupert FERTINGER's customers at three locations in Lower Austria.

Quality control plays a central role at RF

The product groups manufactured at RF are divided into the ‘Automotive Components’ and ‘Industrial Components’ divisions, depending on the customer and application. While the ‘Automotive’ division covers solutions for cooling elements and batteries or cable connections, the ‘Industrial’ division focuses on the product programme for sanitary technology. Quality (control) plays a central role in both areas. 

RF relies on Oxaion for its ERP system and covers all quality-relevant areas including project management with Oxaion and QS1. In-process inspections are the order of the day in both divisions. The users at RF particularly appreciate the fact that they can access all relevant information (drawings, work plan, parts list, work applications, etc.) with QS1 and can also visualise their inspection activities. 

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‘QS1 project management also offers numerous advantages: even complex reports, such as milestone review reports, are easy to create and can be transported to Microsoft Excel for presentations.’
Alexander Forstmayr, head of quality assurance at Fertinger
‘A challenge and at the same time a critical point when introducing complex processes or programmes is always the personal attitude of the people involved. The benefits are often not immediately recognisable for individual employees during the implementation phase, and many are also reluctant to leave well-trodden paths. Advantages and time savings can then be seen quickly in live operation or in day-to-day business, especially if redundant activities are eliminated and the required chain of evidence in the area of quality assurance and project management can be presented at the touch of a button without any additional effort.’
DI (FH) Helmut König, head of IT at Fertinger

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