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Optibelt

Family-owned Optibelt continues to exceed customer expectations with durable and quality designs

“ We invented and developed our own production method ,” continues Konrad Ummen , Managing Director . “ In the beginning , this range of V-belt products was standardized for use in a range of industry segments . Over the years and in line with internationalization and working with OEM customers , we were able to develop further innovation into the product range , so that today , for the industrial market at least , we offer the widest range of transmission belts from extremely short to long products .”

“ We are very adept at fulfilling the needs of our customers ,” Karl elaborates . “ OEMs always want to improve power transmission on a smaller drive . So , we develop specific products to meet those needs , using different technologies and materials from a manufacturing point of view . We have a large R & D team and a modern facility where we can really test and design these products for our customers .”

“ We have to differentiate a bit between automation and digitalization ,” Konrad continues . “ Digitalization incorporates a very broad picture , starting with ERP . We pretty much operate all our sites today on a modern , integrated SAP system . We have also implemented a machine monitoring system across our production sites that provides data to enhance transparency and drive efficiencies in terms of production

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