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Expanding our production capacity and warehouse to support future growth

HEC Holland — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:03:18 +0000

Expanding our production capacity and warehouse to support future growth

Over the past few years, demand for HEC-Holland’s cable tapes and insulation materials has grown significantly. We are grateful for the confidence our customers continue to place in us. During periods of exceptional demand, however, our production capacity and warehouse operations came under increasing pressure, and some deliveries took longer than we strive for. Rather than accepting these limitations, we chose to invest.

Over the past months, HEC-Holland has made significant investments in expanding its production facilities, warehouse capacity and team. These investments strengthen our ability to support future growth while further improving the service, flexibility and delivery performance our customers expect from us.

Our investments include:

a new high-capacity automated slitting & converting line
approximately 500,000 m² additional monthly production capacity
an expanded warehouse with high-capacity pallet racking
additional production and warehouse personnel
modern lifting equipment for safer and more efficient handling
new waste handling and filtration systems supporting more sustainable production

For our customers these improvements translate into:

shorter lead times
greater production flexibility
improved delivery reliability
better support for long-term supply agreements
increased capacity for larger and recurring projects

Our goal is simple: to continue delivering the reliability, flexibility and service our customers expect, today and in the future.

Below we would like to introduce the key investments that make this possible.

New automated slitting & converting line

This new high-performance slitting line is equipped with laser-guided detection, a rewinder with two rewinding shafts and an integrated shaftless unwinder. The machine is designed for converting a wide range of flexible materials and will mainly be used for slitting our cable tapes.

With this additional expansion, we are increasing our production capacity by approximately 500.000 m² per month. This gives us more flexibility, shorter lead times and additional capacity to support both existing and new customer demand.

Another important advantage of the new line is the possibility to produce pads with a larger outside diameter. While our standard machines can slit up to approximately 800 mm OD, the new production line can produce pads up to 1.000 mm OD. This offers additional flexibility for customers requiring larger pads and may help reduce handling and changeovers in further processing. At the same time, we remain able to supply pads in the wide variety of inner diameters that our customers are used to from HEC-Holland.

Customer benefits: Higher capacity, shorter lead times and the possibility to produce pads up to 1,000 mm OD.

Expanded warehouse

Alongside the expansion of our production capacity, we have significantly upgraded our warehouse facilities. New high-capacity pallet racking has increased our storage capacity for both raw materials and finished products while improving warehouse organisation and logistics.

The additional warehouse space enables us to maintain higher inventory levels, improve internal logistics and respond more quickly to customer demand.

Customer benefits: Higher stock availability, improved planning and more reliable deliveries.

Investing in our people

Growth is not only about machines. During the past year we have strengthened our production, warehouse and logistics teams with additional colleagues. Together with our new equipment, this enables us to process orders more efficiently while maintaining the high service level our customers expect.

Sustainability and safer production

We have also installed a new scrap cutting and filter system for all our slitting lines. This system safely cuts, transports and separates production waste, while allowing clean warm air to be returned into our facility during colder seasons or discharged outside during warmer periods.

In addition, we have invested in modern push/waste containers to compact production waste more efficiently, helping to reduce transport movements by a factor of approximately 3 to 4, depending on the type of slitting waste.

Furthermore, the new line is equipped with modern electric and pneumatic handling equipment to support our most valuable assets in production: our co-workers and operators. This makes the production process not only more efficient, but also safer and more ergonomic.

Looking ahead

These developments mark an important milestone in HEC-Holland’s continued development. By expanding our production capacity, warehouse, team and operational efficiency, we are well positioned to support the future growth of our customers.

We look forward to continuing to build long-term partnerships based on quality, reliability and service.

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Improved productivity and ergonomics in our production warehouse

HEC Holland — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 08:11:38 +0000

At HEC-Holland we are constantly looking for ways to optimize our business processes and improve the working conditions for our employees. With the purchase of an industrial manipulator for our production warehouse in Tilburg we have taken another step in this direction. This improved productivity and ergonomics significantly.

Improved productivity

The introduction of the Dalmec pneumatic manipulator in our warehouse means a significant increase in productivity. This device is specifically designed to handle heavy and bulky loads. With the Dalmec, our employees can now work faster and more efficiently. This allows us to increase our production capacity and serve our customers even better.

Ergonomic and Safe

One of the biggest advantages of the Dalmec Partner Equo is the ergonomic support it offers our employees. Lifting and moving heavy cable tapes is physically demanding. But with the help of the pneumatic manipulator we are significantly reducing this burden. This prevents work-related injuries, but also ensures that our employees can work more comfortably and safely. It is equipped with several safety mechanisms that ensure that it is safe to use, even when handling the heaviest loads.

Flexibility and Precision

Besides an improved productivity, ergonomics and safety, The Dalmec Partner Equo gives us the flexibility to perform a wide range of tasks. For example, with the different grippers and attachments we can handle various types of cable tapes and other materials without having to change equipment. And the precision with which this balancer operates is another major advantage. The system provides precise control over the movement of the load. This is essential for cutting and handling cable tapes with the high accuracy that our customers expect.

Future-oriented Investment

HEC is continuously looking for new innovations to make the production warehouse excel and to offer our employees a safe and pleasant working environment. The addition of the Dalmec is part of our drive to continue to grow and innovate.

Would you like to visit our production warehouse in Tilburg and experience our production processes? Please contact us.

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Product training: Investing in Excellence for our staff

HEC Holland — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:17:29 +0000

HEC-Holland has been adding extra value to the chain for over 15 years. Our cutting-edge slitting facility in Tilburg, the Netherlands, is dedicated to providing converting solutions tailored for the cable and wire industry. In order to keep high quality standards in our production facility, Kurt fulfilled a product training.

Make-To-Order

In our cutting-edge slitting facility, precision meets efficiency. Specializing in tailored solutions, we employ a make-to-order strategy to meet your unique requirements. Our team excels at slitting, cutting and winding cable tapes and foils. From polyester-based tapes, with or without swelling properties, we deliver customized dimensions, making sure each product aligns with your exact specifications. Our slitting facility is capable of slitting a broad range of cable tapes and foils, including: PE, PET, PP-Foam, Mica and different kinds of metals (copper, aluminium and steel). With a commitment to quality and modern technology, our facility stands at the forefront of the industry. We promise to deliver excellence in every slit, cut, and wind.

Product Training for HEC staff

Kurt, our production manager, oversees all processes within the slitting facility. Together with his colleagues, he is passionate to coordinate tailor-made solutions for our customers. In order to uphold the quality standards of our production facility, it is important our staff stays updated with the latest knowledge and experience keeping our facility in an optimal state.

Therefore, our production manager travelled to our suppliers in China together with our product manager, immersing themselves in an extensive training on slitting various materials used for cable tapes and foils. The training sessions, spanning multiple days and multiple suppliers, covered every production step, from setting up machines, installing knives, slitting material to handling and troubleshooting. This comprehensive training equips our team to navigate through the process of transforming raw materials into personalized end-user products.

Building partnerships: Special thanks to our Suppliers

In extending our gratitude to our suppliers, we acknowledge their commitment to the growth and proficiency of our staff. The training not only deepened our technical expertise but also fostered discussions about material quality and production challenges. These dialogues contribute to improvement for both, enhancing the value we provide to our customers.

Together we connect the world of tomorrow!

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HEC-Holland is looking for sustainable solutions

HEC Holland — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:21:10 +0000

Sustainable solutions

HEC-Holland is always looking for sustainable solutions and ways to reduce its carbon footprint. A few months ago, we started testing wood fiber pallets in our warehouse in Tilburg. Wood fiber pallets are a possible environmental friendly substitute to wood pallets.

Wood fiber pallets have both sustainable and logistical advantages. The first advantage is in the material of the pallet. By compressing the wooden fibers, we can load our containers more efficiently and thus create less unused space. In addition, this material is made from wood waste, meaning these pallets are made of 100% recycled material. At the end of their lifespan the pallets will be recycled to create a new product.

Next to the material, the form of the pallets makes it possible to stack the pallets. By stacking these pallets we need 70% less room in comparison to standard wooden pallets. The transportation of the pallets is more efficient this way since we need less transportation. It also means lower carbon emission and in addition, saves storage space in our warehouse.

Finally, our pallets are more safe for our staff, our client’s staff and the products. And there are no nails or sharp edges, which traditional pallets might have. This can potentially damage the product. Our priority was creating more sustainable solutions for our slitting facility, but in the process it also creates a lot more other advantages for our company which is a big plus.

Conclusion

When looking at the previous points we will further investigate the possibility of using the pallets as part of our quest for sustainable solutions. We not only use them for lightweight products, but will also use them for heavy loads. Monitoring this testing process is key and we believe that these pallets could replace the standard wooden pallets for some of our products. We are always looking into innovations and developments which can help us to be more aware of the environment. If you are familiar with sustainable solutions, you can always get in contact with us.

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Movement from Goch to Tilburg

HEC Holland — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:36:28 +0000

Movement from Goch to Tilburg

HEC-Holland is still growing fast, also during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this, we were forced to move from our small warehouse in Goch to a much larger warehouse in Tilburg. In this new warehouse we are able to place more slitting machines and we can store more products. In addition, the warehouse includes a large office space with all facilities, where we can meet our suppliers and customers. The location of our warehouse is fantastic, as it is just a few minutes from Barge Terminal Tilburg. Moreover, Tilburg has a direct train connection with central Europe and Asia. We are very happy with our new warehouse in Tilburg: the logistics hotspot of the Netherlands.

Expansion of production capacity

The growth of our company has, among others, led to the expansion of our production capacity. We have our own slitting facility since one year now, however we are close to full capacity. For this reason, we are looking for new slitting machines. One year ago, we could not imagine that we already have to look for these new machines. The slitting facility that we have now, is for slitting water blocking tapes. We are now in the process of buying a new machine that can slit aluminum tapes, so that our production department can convert locally. This process was intended for one year ago, but unfortunately we had to postpone this due to corona. Nevertheless, we are very happy that this process is coming to an end.

Expansion product assortment

Additionally to the physical expansion, we spend a lot of time on setting up our ERP system. Our product assortment is growing since our office in Shanghai is busy with building relationships with new suppliers. Our colleagues in Shanghai speak the same language and have the same culture as most of our suppliers, which make it more easy to build a valuable relationship. We hope to optimize these relationships even further in the future.

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Greetings from our Production Leader Kurt

HEC Holland — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:40:54 +0000

Our expansion on storage capacity and production in Goch, Germany created a wish for some extra HEC-power. Since September 2020, Kurt Aarts is the new production leader / Head of warehousing, distribution and converting facilities at HEC-Holland. This young man at his 48’s is now part of our dedicated team.

Production leader Kurt

Kurt is the right person when most needed not only for HEC, but also for children and young adults who cannot live at home for several reasons. Outside of the workplace he takes care of these kids together with his family and enables a better daily life for those in need.

There is no missing attitude towards work in Kurt as he also rebuilds and remodels the house of his family in spare time. All this indicates good organizational skills which is one of the reasons why Kurt is there to maintain effective distribution and production for our customers. Kurt emphasizes that, for instance, to secure in-time deliveries it is important that the production demand is regularly predicted and that planning stays flexible. The small and dynamic team of HEC-Holland manages this by ensuring short lines of communication within our departments.

Question of the day

As a game changer in the international wire and cable market, HEC-Holland has eased the daily basis in Goch with a new 100% electric company car and an electrical fork-lift. We were curious to ask Kurt which one of them he is more happy to drive with.

His diplomatic answer: “I’m very happy to drive an electric car for HEC. The fork-lift, however, is also an indispensable asset. It allows us to stack goods quickly, easily, and flexibly transport them from A to B. So i like both actually.”

Don’t hesitate to contact us in case of questions! You can also stay updated by following our company’s LinkedIn page.

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A New Milestone on Storage capacity & Production

HEC Holland — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 09:41:23 +0000

Storage Capacity and Production in Goch, Germany

Last year was a rollercoaster for all of us. Our wish for the coming year will be a one full of optimism, hope and prosperity. For a bright future with supportive atmosphere for all of us. At HEC-Holland we are starting this year full of excitement for new things to come and with lots of plans with our customers and suppliers. Our ambition is to continuously improve ourselves in all aspects in light to give the best support to our partners. One important part for our new year is the much needed increase of our storage and production capacity.

We are proud to share with you an update regarding one of our strategic situated distribution centres at Goch, Germany. With the newly build expansion on warehouse storage and production capacity, we marked a new milestone in our journey.

Warehouse Goch

We have doubled our storage capacity to approximately 5.000 metric ton on storage space. Supervised by our latest ERP software technology, we are now able to remotely monitor our production and supply chain system. This will bring our service to a new faster and more effective level. This leads to higher speed and more flexibility in delivery of your well appreciated orders.

In our warehouse in Goch we have modern machines and high quality equipment. We are capable for the process of cutting, shaping, packing, labelling and delivery according to the customers needs. At our non-woven department, we are able to deliver 1,30m on the outer diameter pads. This creates flexibility at your production by having less production stops.

Please also read our article about our aluminum converting to take a closer look on how the process on one of the machines is developing.

Your logistical partner

We are proud of our important added values for you as a customer. We can ensure an optimal logistical process to suit the needs of you as our customer. HEC-Holland is your global logistical partner. We have warehouses in Germany, in Helsinki, Finland and also Jönköping in Sweden. And because we can maintain a large stock we are able to deliver according to the JIT (Just In Time principle)

More info?

Do you need more info on our warehouses or do you have another question? Please feel free to contact us.

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Covid-19 and the effect on feedstock prices and sea freight rates

HEC Holland — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 07:09:19 +0000

Covid-19 and the effect on feedstock prices and sea freight rates

We are not only facing unusual times due to Covid-19, but also see that it starts to influence our business. In some feedstock indicators, such as non-ferrous metals or polymer, there is a strong increase due to market demand versus availability. One of the key factors is the strong rebound effect of the business in Asia exceeding 2019 figures by average 6-7%. We clearly see that covid-19 has a strong effect on feedstock prices and sea freight rates.

The last couple of months we see strong developments on (sea) freight notations due to a shortage on ship space and imbalance on equipment (containers). This lead to a strong increase at record breaking heights which hasn’t been seen for more than a decade.

In December, we expected the sea freight rates to ease by the end January. Because Asia would prepare for the celebration of the Chinese New Year. However, there still is an imbalance on equipment, failing synchronizing container demand versus availability. Supply chain system problems with ocean and/or feeder vessels are to be well connected. This results in delays in the delivery.

HEC-Holland is doing the very best to make sure the market demands cover your production requirements. Nevertheless, at this stage we cannot predict how prices and rates will develop in the future. It will certainly be a dynamic half year. We will stay in contact with you on how we can assist you in any way. At this moment we are unfortunately forced, due to the unstable market conditions, to call for a “Freight Adjustment Surcharge”. All depending on the type of product. We will do our best to minimize costs and prices for you.

More information?

For more information, please contact your account manager. They can tell you how we can secure our joint business and how it might effect the commercial conditions. Of course, we try to minimize costs. We do have to be realistic under the present circumstances which count for all parties.

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Converting solutions

HEC Holland — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 12:34:06 +0000

Converting solutions

At our dedicated converting facilities, we produce and customize our customers’ tapes and yarns according to their specific needs. Our converting specialists have profound experience and knowledge of the cable industry. We fully understand your production requirements and your demands regarding process optimization. Thus we are capable of providing you with converting solutions to meet your demands.

Whether it concerns winding standard or specialty bobbins, mother rolls, pads or spools, HEC-Holland offers converting services into any required size, with the very best all-round converting solutions of the cable industry.

At our facilities, fully automated machines take care of your order. They use multiple, specific cutting and winding techniques to produce the products for your cable. The converting specialists supervise the entire process continuously. HEC-Holland offers flexibility and customer satisfaction, no matter how specific your request is.

Tailor-made converting services:

Cutting, winding, twining,
Labelling,
Packaging,
Shipping directly from our Dutch warehouse and delivery to you on the date you want.

We even offer completely integrated processing and packaging solutions, helping you to optimize your production process without unnecessary and costly interruptions. Our customers are served with the best converted materials in the industry, ready for your production.

We make sure you will become one of our many happy customers!

More info?

Please feel free to contact us if you want more information on the possibilities we provide for you in our converting facility.

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New distribution center

HEC Holland — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 07:41:30 +0000

New Distribution Center

In line with our dedication to meeting customer needs, we have embarked on a significant expansion endeavor. As highlighted in our recent newsletter, we are thrilled to announce the construction of a new distribution center. This center is made up of two production halls. Our converting and slitting capacity is considerally bolstered with this new addition. In addition, this strategic investment aims to elevate our position within the cable and wire industry. Moreover, we recognize the critical importance of efficient warehousing and distribution. To this end, we initiate the construction of two state-of-the-art warehouses that will effectively double our storage capacity, encompassing a generous 5,000 square meters. By July this year these new warehouses will be ready, marking a pivotal milestone in our company’s journey.

The expansion represents a significant stride forward in our commitment to innovation. By consolidating our services at a single location, we anticipate a boost in production speed and greater flexibility in managing order intakes and delivery schedules. These enhancements directly benefit our clientele in the cable and wire industry.

Furthermore, we are proud to announce the addition of a cutting-edge distribution center to our network. Compliant with the latest industry standards, this distribution center complements our existing facilities in Europe. Our distribution centers serve as pivotal hubs for serving our clients effectively and efficiently. They are strategically positioned in Helsinki, Finland, the Jönköping region in Sweden, and the most recent addition in Goch, Germany, .

Contact us

If you are keen to witness our operational excellence and how we manufacture your high-quality tapes or experience our state-of-the-art slitting services, we extend a warm invitation to you. Please reach out to us, and we will be delighted to arrange a tour and share the innovations that drive our success in the cable and wire industry.

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New Converting and Distribution Center Goch

HEC Holland — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:12:21 +0000

Converting and distribution center Goch

With great pleasure we announce that we have bought several converting lines in Goch, Germany. The new converting and distribution center in Goch will be in operation in Q1 2020. Here we will produce tailor-made end products and PE and PP based tapes.

HEC-Holland keeps on increasing the production and storage capacities to satisfy the customer base. We strive to create high quality products and deliver excellent services that meet wishes of our customers. All for competitive price settings and delivered according to the Just-In-Time principle.

2 newly built production locations

In total we have extended our converting capacity with 2 newly built production locations. Here we separate the metal-based production from other products in order to avoid cross contamination. This could potentially influence the properties within the end product.

Third location on the way

We are already building an extra production facility due to our expanding endeavors across the globe. The third newly built location will be our own warehouse where we are able to store all our own materials. The storage capacity will be up to 4.500 metric ton* for the continental part of Europe. This is aside from our 2 nordic locations in Helsinki, Finland and in the Jönköping region in Sweden.

*Hanwha Chemical compounds are stored at different locations.

More information

If you interested in more information about this article or our warehouses, please contact with one of our account managers. Our team is more than happy to give you more details on our services and possibilities we provide.

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