Introduction Bossard
UNI students
August 2011
Bossard North America
Steen Hansen
President & CEO of Bossard Americas
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Curt Brustkern
Purchasing Manager
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Bossard Profile
Bossard in
 America
 Europe
 Asia
History
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Head Office Bossard Ltd in Zug / Switzerland
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Bossard Profile
Global Provider of Fastening Solutions
Founded:
Family-Enterprise:
Public since:
1831
in 7th Generation
1987
Total
Sales (in USD million)
Employees
Business Units
477
1403
53
Americas
129
292
15
Europa
Asia
261
667
15
87
444
23
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Core Competences: Systems, Elements and Methods
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Bossard History
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1831 1951 1961 1971 1981 -
1951
1961
1971
1981
1991
1987
local, regional specialist business
transition from regional to national business
major growth in business volume
internationalization
qualitative growth, new technologies
quotation of the Bossard Holding AG
on the Swiss stock exchange
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Bossard Today
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More than 175
years
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The Bossard Group is a global
group of companies
Today Bossard is one of the
leaders in modern fastening
technology in the three
important industrial regions
America, Asia and Europe.
Bossard worldwide
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Bossard in
 America
 Europe
 Asia
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E-solutions
BossShop
online catalogue
BossCAD
CAD library on fastening technology
BossCalc
calculation software
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Partner-Page Extranet for customers
SmartBin
fully-automatic logistic system
BIM
comprehensive C-part management
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The Core Competences
The three comprehensive services
Products
Engineering
Logistics
conventional
electronic
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global
Comprehensive, support, everywhere and locally
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Products
Procurement:
 a global procurement network
 of highly-qualified manufacturers
 with a special eye for quality
 with an absolute guarantee of supply
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for all Standard and
Special items
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Procurement
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a global procurement network
for America:
for Europe:
for Asia:
Asia
35 %
Europe
5 %
USA/Canada 60 %
Asia
30 %
Europe
70 %
USA/Canada - - %
Asia
80 %
Europe
18 %
USA/Canada 2 %
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Procurement
of highly-qualified manufacturers
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Selection and
approval process
based on
ISO 9001:2000
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Special Items
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Bossard Special item:
«don‘t make detours»
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Cold forged articles
Turned parts
Milled parts
Punched parts
Bended parts
Finishing
and much more
Special Items
 Cold forged
 Hot forged
 No loss of material
 High precision
 For series production
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Cold forged items
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Special Items
 Turning, milling
 Drilling, honing
 Demanding tolerances
 Complicated forms
 For series and single
production
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Turned and milled parts
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Special Items
 Punching, bending
 Laser cutting
 Precise parts
 Any form possible
 For full production and
limited lot
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Punched and bended parts
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Special Items
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Mechanical treatment
Heat treatment
Refinement
Coatings
 Standard articles are
transferred into special
solutions for the
customer
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Finishing
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Standard Articles
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Screws
Nuts
Set screws
Plugs
Washers
Pins
and much more
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The Bossard-Catalogue in several languages ...
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Standard Articles
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> 50 000 articles available on stock
Fascination Fastening Technology
Simultaneous Engineering
 Technical
tests
 Material
analysis
 Application
technology
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 Recommendations
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Simultaneous Engineering
 Consulting &
Training
 Seminar at
customer location
 Individual
advices
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 Support for costs savings
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Order fulfilment Process
Demand
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Logistics Systems
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Assembly
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Bossard SmartBin (VMI)
 Standard boxes
 Sensors
 Signal transmission
 Delivery to assembly
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 Fully automatic
 Safe
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Bossard SmartBin (VMI)
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Bossard SmartBin
Fascination Fastening Technology
Bossard Americas
Bossard North America – Locations
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Headquarters
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Warehouse
Sales Office
Bossard Mexico – Locations
United States
Bossard México
Monterre
y
Guadalajara
Template:
México DF
Map of your country with offices/warehouses
You can use one or several pages
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Central America
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Bossard Americas– Top 10 Customers
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John Deere – Machine Building: Agricultural Equipment
Siemens – Electric, Electronic: Automation, Control, Energy
BRP – Transportation: Outdoor Recreation
Alliance Laundry Systems – Machine Building: Laundry
Machinery
Pentair – Machine Building: Pumps
Invensys – Machine Building: Measuring and testing
equipment
Honeywell – Transportation: Turbos
Briggs & Stratton – Machine Building: Engines
Danfoss – Electric, Electronic: Control Equipment
Emerson – Electric, Electronic: Electronic Equipment
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Bossard Cedar Falls
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Bossard Mexico – Pictures
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Q&A
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