Although the end products of various customers differ from each other, we see a lot of similarities in the questions that companies give priority to in order to achieve the objective of cost reduction time and again. The final question is then:

"How do I stay competitive with my competitors in the market?"

The answer to this question starts with well-trained and motivated employees. This is where we immediately face our first challenge. Because these professionals are becoming scarcer while the demand for them is increasing.

"How do I find and bind good professionals?"

Distinguishing yourself as a good and committed employer is nowadays at least as important as the quality of the products you make. Investing in your people always pays off. You create loyal people with heart for the business and heart for each other. Give them the opportunity to develop themselves in the profession that makes them happy through training, for example. Let them share their acquired knowledge with colleagues and make them enthusiastic. Invest in their safety. This makes someone feel valuable and seen. In short, an eye for the development of the person and for his or her well-being and well-being, that's where you make the difference.

"Innovation, too, makes you an attractive company to work for."

Metaaltechniek likes to participate in pilots where it's all about automation. And then we think of automating the procurement process through OCI links, Scan-to-order where you use the scanner to scan the products you want to order. With the push of a button, the order is imported into our webshop. No more room for errors!

But even more interesting is the pilot that is running with a robot that performs sanding operations. This way, the robot takes over dirty jobs from personnel, giving them more time to do what they like and what they are good at!