Based mostly in Kópavogur, a district of Reykjavík, Europe’s northernmost capital, on the west coast of Iceland, ÍSPAN has been producing insulating glass for The complete nation and refining flat glass into distinctive objects since 1969.
The agency has grpersonal and developed since its founding. Then a small glazier’s workshop, ÍSPAN guess on technological advantages early And have become LiSEC’s first buyer shut to the Arctic Circle. In 1970, the agency invested in a GFL desiccant filling system from LiSEC that allowed it to fill spacers with desiccant faster and extra reliably, and thus To reinforce the manufacturing and extreme quality of the insulating glass they made.
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With the agency’s takeover by Guðmundur Grímsson, his brfullly differents and his sister — The youngsters of the founder — ÍSPAN managed a worthwhile generational change to its greater administration and continued its worthwhile enchancment. In 2017, the agency acquired here into the palms Of latest house personalers, the household of Ingibjörg Björnsdóttir. At this level, the agency’s Daily operations are run by Einar Þór Harðarson and his spouse Auður Kristín Árnadóttir.
ÍSPAN has On A daily basis placeed The very biggest confidence in its staff and continuously invests in new utilized sciences. Thus, the agency was In a place to decisively affect the Icelandic Market for insulating glass, and ÍSPAN has successabsolutely opened new markets for its particularly developed indoor and outdoors merchandise.
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Particulars AND FIGURES
The enlargement of the Icelandic extreme quality chief, which now employs about 50 people, has adopted a steep trajectory since 2017. Prior to now 5 years, income has grpersonal from about €4 million to over €9 million. Gross sales are roughly 50% insulating glass and 50% fullly different inside and exterior glass merchandise, which factors to appreciable progress potential for the agency.
In a single-shift operation at its website, ÍSPAN produces As a lot as 400 insulating glass mannequins per day, most of That are double mannequins with aluminium spacers. Potential buyers can view The numerous glass merchandise On the agency’s personal showroom.
The expert sales group plans Higher than 100 buyer-particular orders Daily. ÍSPAN provides its buyers an particularly full differ of merchandise. With Higher than 70 A quantity of Kinds of glass in inventory and An in depth community of companions, the extreme-extreme quality merchandise differ from insulating glass mannequins For mannequin spanking new constructings and conversions to glass partitions, balustrades and railings with numerous level or clamp quickenings, bathe and kitchen partitions to particular lighting objects Similar to mirrors with constructed-in LED illumination.
As a Outcome of of Iceland’s remoted location away from The eu mainland and The Outcomeant Want to be considerably self-enough, ÍSPAN has obtaind An excellent popularity as a extremely licensed, reliable companion. “In an emergency, We will produce buyer orders The identical day, which constructs A lot of notion and strengthens our mannequin,” explains Einar Þór Harðarson.The ÍSPAN upmaintain group, Collectively with the service group from LiSEC and its companion Per Mordt A/S, from Norway, guarantees extreme system availability, which ÍSPAN particularly worths in its collaboration with LiSEC.
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The key TO SUCCESS
“The glass sheets We’d like are delivered in particular 20-foot containers from Germany And typinamey take three weeks after order issuance. With LiSEC’s trendy Enterprise Useful resource Planning (ERP) system gps.prod, which has an constructed-in database with orders from previous many years, we might optimize our procurement. This has very positively affected current availability and supply occasions,” says Einar Þór Harðarson.
The numerous flat glass mannequins, That are ordered and delivered as 5.1 x 3.21 m panes or as Chop up-sized glass sheets in crates, are saved in several slot racks. These are coupled with A up So far LiSEC assist system, which delivers the uncooked glass sheets of The mannequin new float glass slicing system GFB-60/33 with an edge deletion module. A mannequin new absolutely automated insulating glass line with VHW Washer, FPS gasoline filling press and VL-1N sealing robotic produces As a lot as 400 mannequins per shift. The complete manufacturing plan Is fulld with gps.prod. Knowledge for The relevant methods are currentd electroninamey, And every course of step in manufacturing is transparently seen And will be recorded.
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A great portion of the course ofed glass sheets now Include laminated glass. 4 years in the past, ÍSPAN subsequently invested in A up So far laminated glass slicing bridge, the LAM-37 base collection from LiSEC. Furtherextra, a new mechaninamey topDRILL glass drilling machine from Schraml was purchased To current the rising portion of particular merchandise with relevant holding and quickening options. Furtherextra, a horizontal 3-axis grinding and sprucing machine and vertical one-sided a quantity of sprucing machine is used for edge course ofing, the placeas ÍSPAN makes use of horizontal laser decoating for floor course ofing, particularly for the designer mirrors with LED lighting. “The interfaces of the LiSEC Computer software reply for data change from all these methods makes our work immensely simpler. Use of LiSEC Computer software has significantly elevated The pliability and effectivity of our manufacturing. It has allowed us to virtually double our manufacturing, Regardless of The very Incontrovertible actuality that our manufacturing space has barely modified, and On The identical time we might guarantee and maintain extreme quality,” says Einar Þór Harðarson.
Alongside with A up So far machine fleet and first-class Computer software methods, which guarantee optimum use of the complicated manufacturing amenities, service and upmaintain furtherly play An important position in extreme system availability. Routine upmaintain And restore are carried out as a collaboration guessween LiSEC and extremely motivated ÍSPAN staff. Meanthe placeas, when needed, LiSEC currents alternative parts And restore assist by way of its strong, reliable companion Per Mordt A/S from Norway.
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BLAZING NEW TRAILS
In Iceland, the place there’s daylight virtually Round the clock in summer time, and darkness in winter Aside from A quick twilight, for Higher than six years, ÍSPAN has currentd lighting mannequins with Scandinaby way ofn design and distinctive mirrors. With these merchandise, the agency has expanded its product differ and provides its buyer one factor very particular. ÍSPAN develops these and fullly different particular merchandise innerly with The assist of its personal expert worker, and thus distinguishes itself from the rivals. “New merchandise and course ofes name For modern system and Computer software options for the administration system. In LiSEC, We now have A reliable, revolutionary companion that backs our intentions and develops Collectively with us,” Einar Þór Harðarson explains.
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The Prolonged time period AND Safety
“With its uncovered place, the Icelandic market provides seurity, however not with out limits. Quality and the notion of our buyers are what drives us, and Finally We have to develop and strengthen, each Inside the collaboration with LiSEC And in addition in actively shaping the market, Really,” says Einar Þór Harðarson. The market share for particular merchandise and security glass Is persistently rising, which requires ÍSPAN To Search out out its future focus and course ofes to ease further progress and construct on the strong market place. Furtherextra, ÍSPAN Shall be succesful of obtain further market share As a Outcome of of its excellent location and gear.
Enterprise SUCCESS THROUGH INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS
In inner technological enchancment, ÍSPAN places particular worth on options the place hardware and Computer software take an constructed-in strategy. The synergy of machine and Computer software Is notably important for using the out there assets optimumly and effectively. Anfullly different important problem Is simple, intuitive usability of Computer software options, because solely Computer software that buyers can function fortunately and successabsolutely delivers The relevant end outcomes. “Thanks to LiSEC’s all.in.one:options, we’ve taken first place Inside the Icelandic flat glass Industry, and we’re Joyful with the machines and Computer software that assist us in that,” Einar Þór Harðarson raves.