Castell has redesigned its
manufacturing process to increase
flexibility and reduce delivery times.

As a result, the company has received
the Manufacturing Excellence award
for 2012 from its parent company
Halma, beating off competition from
40 other Halma subsidiaries. Halma
said: “Castell has transformed its
manufacturing capability through a
combination of product design
innovation, excellent application of
lean manufacturing and an ambition
for international expansion.”
Halma adds that traditionally,
trapped key interlocking systems
could only be produced on receipt of
the key coding details, creating long
delivery times while the system was
confirmed. Castell’s end-coding system
was introduced three years ago,
enabling products to be coded at the
end of the manufacturing process.

Now, orders that took weeks to build
and ship can be despatched in days.