Operational reliability guaranteed with new semi-automatic saw line

Thinking along with the customer to arrive at the simplest solution is what typifies a good supplier. It is with this mentality that the team of Anka from Sint-Niklaas gives its all every day to process rebar and constructions for its customers. In order to guarantee service and reliability, the machinery was given a hefty expansion, including a new sawing line. The master guy in charge of operations only wanted to know about one brand: Behringer. Promatt was responsible for the delivery.

We actually took about the same model, but just a little roomier, a little more capacity, a little faster.

Since 1987 Anka has been on the map as the metal trade par excellence for contractors in the Waasland area. You can go there for rebar (cut-to-size or folded, braided beams and loose reinforcement) and all constructions with poutrels, tubes and other profiles. In this firmly established family business, the second generation is now at the helm. Managing director Toon Troubleyn: "Anka actually grew out of a building materials business, so the affinity with contractors was there from the very beginning." For Troubleyn, then, it is clear that service must come first. "We always work with our customer to find what the best possible solution is and also try to deliver it within very short delivery times. And more importantly, we are of our word."

Story of constant growth

Anka clearly appears to have taken the right path with this philosophy. The story is one of constant growth. "Today we work with eighteen employees. But there is so much work that we want to expand the team even further." With people, but also with machinery. In recent months, Troubleyn has invested in all departments of the company. For construction work, the sawing department represents a crucial first step. That's why a new semi-automatic sawing machine arrived there: a Behringer HBP 410/923G. "The previous Behringer is still proving its services here. Although it has eighteen years on the clock, we have never had any major costs on it. We haven't even replaced it; it will still run daily. The new machine should above all guarantee our operational reliability, but at the same time it doubles our capacity."

No other brand

That it would be another Behringer, the case manager had less say in that. "My master guest in the saw department didn't want any other brand. There was nothing to argue with that," Troubleyn says with a smile. "We actually took pretty much the same model, but just a little more spacious, a little more capacity, a little faster. That way we can also strengthen the service to our customers. And if this one lasts at least as long as our previous Behringer, I'll be a satisfied man.