MECHANICAL PRECISION
WE BUILD THE CUSTOM TOOLS AND MOLDS FOR YOUR PROCESSES
WE BUILD THE CUSTOM TOOLS AND MOLDS FOR YOUR PROCESSES
RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND AGILE PRODUCTION OF CUSTOM
Our R&D Department can pick-up on your ideas or sketches and convert them to fully functional prototypes in a record time with a cost-effective approach.
Our R&D and Production Teams can convert a working prototype to a production process, allowing both small or large batches, producing just-in-time as per your requirements.
Due to our high level of automation and Lean Thinking Culture, we are able to provide you with sustained Agile Production, incorporating Vendor Management Inventory processes that both reduce stock needs on your side and allow for smoother production planning.
OUR COMPANY HAS ISO9001 AND ISO14001 CERTIFICATION, FULLY COMPLYING TO SPECIALIZED MANUFATURING STANDARDS
Close collaboration from our R&D Department and speciallized Higher Education Institutes has allowed us to develop a full line of tools that have been awarded not only for design, but also for process efficiency improvement.
That means leaner process updates, reduced downtime for replacements, wider compatibility and more energy efficient tools.
We are a lean enterprise, one that sustains growth by aligning customer satisfaction with employee satisfaction, and that offers innovative products or services profitably while minimizing unnecessary over-costs to customers, suppliers and the environment.
Our production facilities are conceived with Lean Manufacturing principles across all our operations from Industrialization to the Production and this state of the art is supported by a continuous improvement process to ensure permanent added value to our customers.
Using our Vendor Managed Inventory approach, your company can have optimized stocks with zero outages, having stock fullfiled automatically at your production rate, in a lean managed process.
We have a streamlined approach to inventory management and order fulfillment, involving collaboration with our customers which changes the traditional ordering process.
We align business objectives and streamline supply chain operations with our customers, providing them with added business value, as a direct result of increased information flow:
Due to our Lean Management philosophy, Just-in-time (JIT) production strategy, agile production abilities and sharp project management, we attain excelent Order Time Delivery ratios (OTD).
It can be summed up with our full commitment to Order Time quality (OTQ), providing on time delivery with a focus on quality, a culture of continuous improvement and strong business ethics
Our production facilities are equiped with advanced CMM capabilities in order to ensure the customer specifications
Wire Erosion
CNC Milling Machines
State of the art technology to provide precision and quality parts in steel and speciality steel:
BUILT TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS
WE ARE THE RIGHT PARTNER FOR YOUR PROJECT
Established in 1978, Ricardo & Barbosa is one of the largest portuguese references in the manufacture of high precision tools for Automotive, Electronics, Energy, Oil&Gas and Aeronautics industries. With two production facilities (Portugal and Mexico), and permanent distributon in seven countries in three continents, we are currently present in more than twenty six countries around the world.
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