Bosch Rexroth opens centre in Rayong to support growth

The company says the government’s Thailand 4.0 technology policies underscores the need for companies to “have sensors, software and solutions that are seamlessly connected with their IT systems”. 
“Bosch’s smart technology can reduce manufacturing costs by enabling real-time condition monitoring, flexible evaluation and analysis options, and targeted and timely notification to relevant experts,” the company said.
“Sensors record machine data providing necessary visualisation to tablets, smartphones, on-site and in the cloud, making real-time maintenance data accessible anywhere and at any time.”
 The centre provides customers with project and line-building facilities to deliver, install, and maintain as needed a range of customised turnkey solutions.
 “Our investment in this centre is part of our ongoing commitment to further invest and align our strategies and proven experience, as both internal users and providers with the digital economy-focused priorities of the Thai government,” said Joseph Hong, managing director of Bosch in Thailand. 
“We help industries progress by bundling global application experience and providing innovative components as well as tailored system solutions and services. We will continue to offer manufacturers in Thailand advanced connected solutions and services that are proven to increase output, productivity, and reduce costs.”
Some of the smart devices offered for the first time include the Nexo cordless nut runner, a collaborative robot with sensor skin known as XDK and a wireless device including eight sensors. Bosch Rexroth said its diverse customer base in Thailand, including automotive, steel, food and packaging manufacturers, can leverage the advantages of connected industry and networked production.
“An increasing number of manufacturers are moving beyond basic recognition and awareness to concrete implementation of greater automation and data exchange in their work,” the company said. 
“By better connecting the physical world of items like products, machines, and devices with the digital world, more companies are able to quantify transparent efficiencies at every step of their complete supply chains from supplier and materials integration to end-of-chain shipping.”
 For these and other manufacturers, the company said the efficiency-driven benefits of early adoption of “smart manufacturing” are: measurably higher output and productivity; lower aggregate costs, downtime and repair schedules; reduced logistics and set-up times; preventive maintenance; and improved, targeted work schedules. Collectively, cost and productivity pressures will continue to motivate manufacturers just as will their strategies to increase quality and delivery.
Lars Langner, general manager at Bosch Rexroth in Thailand, said: “Leading manufacturers in Thailand are no different than any others in increasingly responding to and adopting smart, Web-enabled technologies and solutions to more efficiently connect workers, machines and materials in diverse aspects of industrial production.
“We are encouraged by Thailand’s concerted efforts in evolving from its earlier stages of low-cost contract manufacturing to a more widely recognised production partner in today’s globally connected industrial world.
“We support Thailand 4.0 by offering consultancy to local manufacturers to identify the right entry to the connected world. Our solutions are modular and scalable from retrofitting a small pilot area through to building up an international production network. We can easily extend our proven solutions to the customer’s growth needs and requirements to keep the investments and risks under control and to increase in parallel the global competitiveness.”