More competitive and sustainable high-volume production of enclosures

A long-standing collaboration focused on continuous improvements has made Mekoprint a development and production partner for LINAK. With fully automated production lines and an ongoing focus on waste reduction, Mekoprint helps LINAK strengthen both its competitiveness and sustainability.

LINAK is a leading global developer and manufacturer of electric linear actuators used in everything from height-adjustable desks to hospital beds, helping to improve ergonomics and quality of life for people around the world. Market conditions place high demands on quality, delivery reliability, and cost efficiency – while also requiring reductions in CO₂ emissions.

The collaboration with Mekoprint has developed over more than 25 years and includes high-volume production of a range of metal components and enclosures, with a shared focus on continuous improvements in product design, material selection, and waste reduction.

The challenge

Continued local supply with global competitiveness

After many years of strong growth, LINAK wanted to both improve its competitiveness and reduce CO₂ emissions – without compromising four key requirements:

Ensuring capacity for continued growth
Maintaining consistently high quality and delivery reliability
The ability to scale production up and down quickly
Collaboration on continuous improvements and product development

The solution

Fully automated high-volume production with minimal waste

The existing production in a single, fully automated process was supplemented with a new, identical fully automated line featuring advanced deep drawing, punching, and post-processing directly from coil. The process was further optimised with new opportunities to reduce material waste, helping to lower both costs and CO₂ emissions.

Production and packaging take place in the same department, divided into two fire cells, ensuring a stable and efficient flow with short lead times. Specially developed tooling and fully automated operation make it possible to produce very large series with high competitiveness and repeatability – while allowing production to be quickly adjusted to market demand.

CO₂ reduction as an integrated part of the optimisation efforts

Using Mekoprint’s CO₂ component calculator, Mekoprint analysed the production and identified specific CO₂ savings as part of the overall optimisation initiative.

The measures include:

Improved punching layout and optimised raw material width
Transition to CO₂-neutral electricity from in-house solar panels and external wind energy

Read more about the CO₂ savings here

These optimisations reduce material consumption and the CO₂ footprint per component while also contributing to lower unit prices and higher process efficiency.

Specifically, the initiatives have resulted in:

99 tonnes less material consumption
180 tonnes reduction in CO₂ emissions
5.34% CO₂ reduction per product

All of this has been achieved without compromising quality, while simultaneously strengthening competitiveness.

“The close collaboration with Mekoprint provides us with flexible high-volume production in Europe at globally competitive prices – with tangible results in CO₂ reduction. This makes Mekoprint a valuable partner that helps ensure both our competitiveness and more sustainable products.”

Purchasing Director, LINAK

Finn Laustsen

Henrik F. Jørgensen

Key Account Manager, Mechanics

+45 2559 0825

hjo@mekoprint.com

More competitive and sustainable high-volume production of enclosures

The challenge

The solution

CO₂ reduction as an integrated part of the optimisation efforts

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