Stadco
Stadco is the UK's largest supplier of body-in-white pressings
and sub-assemblies to automotive OEMs and a significant supplier
of sub-assemblies in Germany. Pressings and sub-assemblies are the components which, when
they are finally welded together by the OEM, make up a complete
unpainted car body or body-in-white.
The division offers its OEM customers a comprehensive range of
BIW services including:
- programme management and process engineering
- pressing
- sub-assembly
Stadco operates two distinct types of production sites: highly
automated and high volume, such as Saarlouis which produces components
for the Ford Focus; and lower volume, more manual sites like Coventry,
where parts for Landrover and Aston Martin are produced.
Stadco produces sub-assemblies from pressings that it either presses
itself or, in some cases, buys from third-party suppliers. In the case of the Saarlouis
site, pressings are supplied directly by Ford on a free-issue basis.
Due to their exacting specifications and often awkward shapes,
BIW sub-assemblies are expensive to transport and the location
of manufacturing sites, particularly sub-assembly operations, close to OEM
factories is important. This is exemplified in Saarlouis, where
the sub-assemblies are transported directly to
Ford's assembly line. Stadco has a number of facilities across the
West Midlands, as well as a large facility in Germany, all located in close proximity to
its OEM customers. For further details on Stadco please go to www.stadco.co.uk
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