New production hall for DECKER Anlagenbau.

USA, Pol­and, India, Aus­tria, Swe­den, Ger­ma­ny…: Cus­to­mers, sup­pli­ers and inte­res­ted par­ties from num­e­rous count­ries met at the DECKER Anla­gen­bau stand at Sur­face­Tech­no­lo­gy in Stutt­gart. The spe­cia­lists for spe­cial plant con­s­truc­tion, auto­ma­ti­on and plant con­ver­si­ons have been in high demand on the mar­ket for deca­des — and have the­r­e­fo­re now expan­ded con­sider­a­b­ly: More space, more pro­duc­tion opti­ons, addi­tio­nal exper­ti­se, deeper added value and the­r­e­fo­re a lar­ger port­fo­lio are now united under the green brand.

Fully automated and integrated system concepts

The trend in the industry is towards fully automated system concepts with loading and unloading, robot loading and other intelligent systems. DECKER has its finger on the pulse of the times:

In Ber­ching, Bava­ria, the suc­cessful com­pa­ny expan­ded its pro­duc­tion area in 2023 and signi­fi­cant­ly exten­ded and moder­ni­zed its machi­nery: Cra­nes, wel­ding shop, lathes and mil­ling machi­nes as well as a pla­s­tics metal­wor­king shop have been rene­wed or added. „This gives us even more leg­room,“ says Mana­ging Direc­tor Bern­hard Hil­li­ges. His 50 or so employees also need this — for lar­ge-sca­le pro­jects such as the huge zinc-nickel plant that DECKER is curr­ent­ly buil­ding for an auto­mo­ti­ve sup­pli­er in Eas­tern Euro­pe. The pro­ject has a high seven-figu­re volu­me and is sche­du­led to go into ope­ra­ti­on in March 2025 — as one of the lar­gest of its kind in Euro­pe.

The time win­dows at the cus­to­mer’s pre­mi­ses are always tight — sys­tem assem­bly usual­ly takes place during ongo­ing ope­ra­ti­ons. This is also the case with the expan­si­on of an abso­lu­te key sys­tem from a major Ger­man manu­fac­tu­rer: A lar­ge pro­por­ti­on of all spark plugs sold world­wi­de pass through here, and the DECKER experts moder­ni­ze them on site („on the run“) from 1 Decem­ber, taking advan­ta­ge of the holi­days just in time. In order to gua­ran­tee maxi­mum safe­ty for the cus­to­mer for such cri­ti­cal requi­re­ments, the DECKER fit­ters can set up new sys­tems or com­pon­ents in advan­ce in their new, lar­ger domic­i­le and put them through their paces in the fac­to­ry.

Markets in Europe, Asia and the USA

This is also app­re­cia­ted by long-stan­ding cus­to­mers — as was demons­tra­ted by the four-strong DECKER team at the Sur­face­Tech­no­lo­gy trade fair. This year’s trade fair once again deli­ver­ed ever­y­thing that was expec­ted in terms of indus­try net­wor­king, exch­an­ge and making new cont­acts.

Inter­na­tio­na­li­ty is the trump card — DECKER sys­tems pro­vi­de relia­ble ser­vice not only throug­hout Euro­pe but also world­wi­de. „Dura­bi­li­ty, opti­miza­ti­on to spe­ci­fic cus­to­mer requi­re­ments, upgrade and con­ver­si­on opti­ons are the hall­marks of our sys­tems — tha­t’s what we stand for in all mar­kets at home and abroad,“ says Hil­li­ges. For the employees, this means that no two days are the same, but every day brings exci­ting tasks.