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Proferro’s production plant is jointly located on one company site alongside our biggest customer, Picanol. This site is in Ieper (Belgium), where our roots lie. Such an approach offers the major advantage of being able to work on one company site based on the concept of vertical integration, which means we can take efficiency, speed, and...

Proferro recently began welcoming visitors to its renovated, modern welcome area. The space – which includes four fully equipped meeting rooms – has been decorated with photo panels and demo castings, among other things, which showcase our knowledge and expertise. The meeting rooms have also been named after and decorated in line with our three...

Earlier this week, Proferro organized its first Safety day for all managers of its mechanical finishing departments. “Following the example of our safety efforts in the foundry, we also wanted to join forces with the managers of our mechanical finishing departments so we can continue to build on creating an even safer working environment. This is...

We are pleased to announce that, having obtained the ISO 14001 certification, Proferro has now also received a silver medal from EcoVadis for its ongoing commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR). With an impressive score of 72/100, Proferro ranks among the top 15% of all companies that were assessed by EcoVadis over the past 12 months...

We are about to take some time off to enjoy our annual summer vacation period. Therefore, please note that our offices will be closed from Monday, July 21, 2025, until Friday, August 8, 2025. However, the Proferro team will remain at your disposal for any urgent matters. We’d like to take this opportunity to wish you a relaxing and sunny vacation...

At Proferro, we are fully committed to making our production process even more sustainable, optimizing our energy consumption, and reducing our ecological footprint.

Picanol Group officially opened its new headquarters in Ieper on Friday, April 25, in the presence of Belgium’s Prime Minister, Bart De Wever. The modern, sustainable work and meeting place has an impressive floor area of 20,000 square meters, providing the necessary space for the further growth of Picanol, Psicontrol, and Proferro. The new...

Proferro recently organized a Safety day, with an entire day being devoted to the issue of safety. “As a company, we want everyone to be able to work in a safe way, and all our employees play a crucial role in this objective. Therefore, we were pleased to join forces to continue building together on realizing an even safer working environment at...

At Proferro, we recently invested in new containers for the coating of our cores. These are custom-made and composed of stainless steel, which allows our operators to work more ergonomically. Furthermore, the containers are easier to clean than the previous ones. Other benefits include noise and cost reduction as the new electric motors make less...

At Proferro, we understand the importance of information security and we are committed to ensuring that our customers’ data is being handled securely and in line with international standards. In this connection, we are thrilled to announce that following a comprehensive audit by TÜV Nord, we recently successfully achieved ISO 27001 certification...

To all our colleagues, customers, suppliers, and other partners: we wish you a wonderful end to the year and a fantastic start to 2025. Please note that our offices will be closed from Wednesday, December 18, 2024, until Monday, January 6, 2025. However, the Proferro team remains at your disposal for any urgent matters. We wish you happy holidays!

At Proferro, our commitment to sustainability begins with our processes. To this end, we continuously invest in advanced technologies that will enable us to be more energy efficient. One of the ways of achieving this is by saving energy on the extraction process of our cupola furnace. Our extraction system consists of a turbine that is coupled to...

This month marks Proferro's 35th anniversary operating as a separate entity within Picanol Group. It is an important milestone that has enabled us to reflect on the impressive growth we’ve experienced since 1989. For more than three decades, Proferro has been providing top-quality castings and specializing in machining, assembly, and co-engineering...

Throughout Proferro's production departments, we use LED lighting that adjusts itself according to the amount of natural light coming in from outside with the goal of optimizing our energy/light consumption. The LED lights are controlled via DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface), which is an international standard for lighting control that...

We are about to take some time off to enjoy our annual summer vacation period. Therefore, please note that our offices will be closed from Monday, July 22, 2024, until Friday, August 16, 2024. However, the Proferro team will remain at your disposal for any urgent matters. We’d like to take this opportunity to wish you a relaxing and sunny vacation...

Proferro was recently presented with the Supplier Award 2023 by its customer Kubota. Our excellent series production of castings for Kubota as well as our seamless collaboration in the development of various parts for Kubota’s tractors played a significant role in our receiving this award.

In our finishing department for foundry tools, a new machine from the supplier Priminer was recently commissioned for finishing model plates. The new three-axis machine replaces our previous machine and now also allows large model plates to be handled in one fixture. Thanks to the more modern control system on the new machine, the operator also has...

When it comes to the truck transportation of all our goods, we strive to combine shipments and ensure that the trucks are loaded as optimally as possible. Among other things, we achieve this through smart transport planning, compact packaging, and mixed transport, which leads to fewer kilometers being driven and thus less CO₂ emissions. To realize...

In the design process of the cast iron parts we produce for our customers, our qualified designers always strive to optimize the use of material. This approach is taken for both cost and sustainability reasons. Material optimization refers to reducing the amount of material needed to produce a casting, while either maintaining or improving its...

Last year, a brand new EMAG lathe was delivered to Proferro for the mechanical finishing of steel and cast pieces. It has now been officially commissioned, taking our production process to the next level. The new lathe consists of two spindles that are connected by a round table with a gantry robot above it, two tool posts with 12 tools each, as...

Proferro has invested in seven new Mabo AGV Reach Trucks in order to further optimize internal logistics. Four of the seven AGV Reach Trucks are now operational and fully controlled by the digital Objective system. The AGVs' current applications include transporting vessels between the finishing department and the automated high-bay warehouse. The...

At Proferro, we’re strongly committed to the health and safety of our employees. We want to ensure a safe working environment, and to realize this we continuously motivate all our employees to be aware of the health and safety aspects of each job and to take all the necessary precautions. In this context, in recent months we have launched a...

To all our colleagues, customers, suppliers, and other partners: we wish you a wonderful end to the year and a fantastic start to 2024.

To symbolize the end of the structural work on the new Picanol Group headquarters in Ieper (Belgium), a maypole was placed on the highest point of our construction site on December 20, 2023. This is a tradition in the construction industry to ensure good luck for the future of a building project. In this connection, we would like to thank our...