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‘Today's cast metals industry faces many challenges. Growing global competition, cost down pressures, shorter lead times, changing materials, environmental regulation....'

The combined forces of KNIGHT WENDLING and GEMCO offer the highest level of consulting services to the cast metal industry.

Since 1965 Knight Wendling has been assisting foundries and others involved in cast metals at both the strategic and operational level. In close cooperation with our clients we have worked to improve their effectiveness and profitability.

KNIGHT WENDLING offers a highly qualified team of consultants with proven professional track records in foundry management and foundry engineering roles. Their expertise covers a wide range of functions in the cast metals industry, right from production level improving process performances up to foundry interim management. Our services include strategic, operational and marketing assistance as well as foundry design, engineering and casting quality improvement.

Our cast metal consultants are active worldwide and maintain the principle: think global and act local. We provide creative but practical solutions to technical and business problems. Our work is based on thorough analysis leading to effective and realistic recommendations followed by efficient implementation.

Above all, it is the long-term relationships that our consultants build with the client's team that ensure the successful transfer of expertise to lead to higher profitability.

As part of the GEMCO group of companies, KNIGHT WENDLING can offer its clients a complete range of services through:

Strategic consultancy
Technical & Operational assistance
Concept engineering
Project management
General contracting

GEMCO together with its sister company Knight Wendling is one of the world’s leading independent full service companies to the Cast Metals Industry, including High Pressure Diecasting. They combine over 30 years of consulting, engineering and general contracting experience. All aspects from the industry and particularly the client’s are taken into consideration, allowing the company to provide creative, practical and sustainable solutions to managerial and technical issues. The work is based on in-depth analysis leading to effective and realistic recommendations that is followed by efficient implementation.A highly qualified staff of foundry consultants, engineers and project managers provide a comprehensive range of services.

Management and Engineering know-how combined for successful foundry projects. Building long-term relationships with the client’s team at both the strategic and operational levels, ensures the successful transfer of expertise and improves effectiveness to yield higher profitability.

Gemco and Knight Wendling operate worldwide, advising clients on the resolution of issues of Corporate Strategy, including:

Market studies
New product opportunity reviews
Benchmarking
Feasibility and capital investment reviews
Site selection for new facilities
Relocations
Restructuring, Mergers & Acquisitions
Financial Engineering
Interim Management

Many of our assignments also involve operational improvement programs. From our experience of best practice, areas with improvement potential can be identified and appropriate measures will be recommended, committed to optimizing activities in all parts of the Metal Casting Operation in areas such as:

Technological Assistance
Environmental Control
Quality
Plant Utilization
Profit Improvement

Engineering and Contracting in both the ferrous and non-ferrous industry
The whole philosophy of our product is one of tailor made foundry solutions, which stems right from the feasibility and pre-engineering studies of the concept phase. Always in close co-operation with the customers we resolve issues such as:

Process Technology
Process Flow & Logistics
Lay Out studies
Systems & Capacities
Costs & Viability

Developing a cast metal product requires focus on its function and targeted performance. This means establishing the right conditions to produce accurate castings, using the most efficient manufacturing technology.

Equipment & System Specifications
System Integration
Automation & Process Control
Building & Auxiliaries

Project Management and General Contracting
With Project Management Gemco can take full responsibility for all project engineering and management activities required for the foundry project. Conceptual engineering and detailed design will be carried out based on the customer’s basic design data and in close co-operation with the customer’s staff to ensure that all requirements are met.

Professional Teams
Strong customer involvement
Modern Control Tools

As General Contractor, Gemco takes full responsibility for Turn Key Foundry Projects including utilities, civil works and building requirements with:

Product Quality and Output guarantee
On Time
Fixed Costs

With this overall responsibility Gemco can also provide overall guarantee on budget, quality and timing for all sub-contractors working under Gemco’s responsibility. With minimum effort for the customer, projects are realized under maximum guarantee. Both Gemco Engineers and Knight Wendling can draw upon substantial international experience, accumulated on a wide range of projects across the world.

Together with the clients a working approach and methodology will be defined and established: