Performance Profile

Contents Company portrait

04 – 05 A shared future

Solutions

06 – 07 All dimensions. All requirements. All materials.

Processes

08 – 13 The path to an exceptional product. Perfection from start to finish

Sector know-how

14 – 15 LKH knows its customers’ requirements

High-tech capacity

16 – 17 Complete power for customers

Quality management

18 Playing it safe

Logistics

19 Fast, reliable delivery

Imprint

LKH Performance Profile September 2012

Editor: Friedhelm Loh

Legally responsible for the content: Dr. Guido Stannek (V.i.S.d.P.)

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As one of the leading German plastics processors, LKH focuses on customer

benefits: “We make more out of plastic”. LKH thinks with you. Not only does it

manufacture high-end, top-quality plastic components, it also supports customers

throughout every major phase, from engineering, to powerful production, through

to intelligent logistics. LKH dedicates maximum commitment, extensive know-how

and many years of experience to its customers’ processes, for the shared success

of both partners.

As part of the family-owned Friedhelm Loh Group, LKH is a powerful service-pro-

vider and supplier with a commitment to continuity and reliability. Its membership

of the global Friedhlem Loh Group offers LKH customers the ultimate in security,

stability and innovative strength, thus creating a solid basis for a shared future.

Company portrait

A shared future

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Solutions

All dimensions. All requirements. All materials.

LKH manufactures parts and components in the exact sizes, materials and complexity needed to secure measurable competitive advantages for its customers. With machines ranging in size from 25 t to 1,000 t clamping force and injection weights from 1 g to 6.5 kg, it offers injection moulding of all thermoplastics. Its particular strengths include plastic-friendly 2D or 3D component design, a perfected rapid prototyping technique, powerful tool production, and the complete manufacture of components. Far above and beyond the industry standards, LKH achieves weight savings with metal substitution, reduces assembly costs with multi-functionality, and manufactures complex hybrid components (metal-plastic compounds) and multi-component parts (hard-soft compounds).

From simple to complex

From single-piece to multi-piece

From small to large

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Processes

The path to an exceptional product

LKH’s extensive product portfolio is indicative of its professional,

carefully thought-out processes. The process from engineering and

product development, to production and quality control, through to

just-in-time delivery of a product or component incorporates eight

phases. Every step offers benefits to the LKH customer.

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Engineering and product development

LKH supports its customers from day one: From drafting the specifications and requirements, to selecting materials, to the design stage and 2D/3D CAD for plastic components. The LKH product spectrum also includes:

Materials flow and materials diversity

LKH has a modern, energy-efficient materials prepa-ration centre which guarantees a continuous supply of materials via the high-tech vacuum plant. Fully automated supply of the correct materials to every machine is guaranteed at all times. The in-house transport system ‘Emma’ likewise helps to ensure an uninterrupted flow of materials. The material diversity is enormous, thanks to:

Processing and finishing

As well as manufacturing, LKH also offers a range of finishing options for parts and components. Inline production extends through to assembly mounting on the machine. LKH finishing processes:

Quality control

Throughout all operational processes, LKH operates an exacting quality management system. Employees are continuously trained at the Loh Academy.LKH uses 3D measuring machines, camera-controlled manufacturing cells, measuring microscopes, residual moisture measurements, compression-tension testing and prototyping to VDA and PPAP. LKH is certified to:

Tool management

LKH has a wealth of experience, know-how and technical expertise in tool production and tool man-agement. 2D and 3D CAD systems and rapid tooling processes (HSC milling and LaserCusing) guarantee high availability and short delivery times with:

Component production

LKH is committed to customer-specific part and component manufacturing with a state-of-the-art machine fleet of more than 50 injection moulding machines (all with linear handling or 5-axis robots) and 3 multi-component machines. Maximum efficiency is ensured by:

Assembly and service

LKH accommodates individual customer service requests. As well as precise manual assembly mounting, other examples include individual packag-ing and transport solutions that deliver components directly to the customer’s machines for further pro-cessing. LKH services include:

Just-in-time-delivery

LKH offers just-in-time (JiT) and just-in-sequence (JiS) delivery. The company has recently invested in a brand new logistics centre to further optimise its logistics. This has created additional flexibility, enabling it to react faster and better than ever before, even with very urgent jobs. LKH Logistics offers the following features and options:

� Spray-finishing, printing, adhesive bonding, welding, milling

� Two-component foam systems

� Assembly mounting

� Configuration with customised packaging

� Assembly as per the customer’s instructions on automated assembly lines

� Customised packaging trays

� Transport packaging with customer label

� Procurement of purchased parts

� ISO 9001:2008

� ISO 14001:2004

� OHSAS 18001:2007

� ISO TS16949 (in Q2 2013)

� SAP R/3

� Consignment warehouses

� CC handling

� E-commerce

� Moldflow analyses

� FEM calculations

� Rapid prototyping (SLA/SLS/vacuum casting)

� Preparation of production concepts and system planning

� Modern project management based on SAP R/3

� Precision moulds up to 48 cavities

� Multi-component tools (turntables and match plates)

� Stack moulds

� Tools based on insert-outsert technology

� High-gloss moulds

� Fully and partially automated hybrid technology

� Process monitoring via the BDE system Hydra

� Incoming and outgoing transportation of pur-chased parts and finished goods by ‘milk runners’

� Intelligent tool supply with minimal set-up times

� A modern production control desk (cockpit)

Processes

Perfection from start to finish

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� Processing of all thermoplasts

� Availability of all colours

� Extensive expertise with regard to material qualities, properties and suitability

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Sector know-how

LKH knows its customers’ requirements

As one of the leading plastics specialists in Germany, as well as being the plastics competence centre for the Friedhelm Loh Group, LKH supplies customers with the very best solutions to meet their precise requirements. The company is on hand every step of the way to accommodate customer demands and create customer benefits, from the initial idea right through to the finished product, and boasts an in-depth understanding of requirements in the various product markets. Thanks to its innovative spirit (as documented by numerous patents), employee expertise and more than 30 years’ experience, LKH is constantly pushing the boundaries. This creates added value to help secure clear competitive advantages for LKH customers.

Automotive

� Chassis components

� Lock systems

� Heating systems

� Diesel pre-heating

� Pneumatic cushioning systems

� Electrical components

Construction sector

� Cladding panels

� Drives for roller blind controls

� Sports facility covers

� Busbar covers for subways

Electrical engineering

� Power distribution components

� Cooling units

� Fan-and-filter units

� Cases for induction hobs

� Control components

� Capacitors

Industry

� Coils for food packaging

� End walls

� Water filters

� Enclosures for 2-component mixers

� Condensate collecting trays

� Assembly components

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High-tech-capacity

Complete power for customers

LKH machine fleet

� Machines from Krauss-Maffei, Engel and Arburg

� Three lines with a second injection unit for 2-component technology

� Production plant fan-and-filter unit with 2-component foam system

� 700 t machine with stack mould

LKH’s state-of-the-art facilities enable perfect production of complex components and the use of innovative material combinations e.g. in the manufacturing of hybrid plastic and steel parts.All machines are interconnected via a central production control desk. The current production status and ware-house stock are available at any time from the operational data logging system, and terminals are also provided in the production hall.

LKH has an extensive machine fleet with more than 50 cutting-edge, powerful injection moulding machines.This enables it to offer fast, high-quality, exceptionally efficient production.

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Quality management

Playing it safe

Logistics

Reliable, fast deliveryLKH has established a high-end, certified quality management system that embraces the entire workflow. As soon as a customer enquiry is received, it is examined for manufacturability, and the results of this pre-analysis are fully documented.

Consistent quality management

� Certified quality management system

� Extensive laboratory equipment (3D measuring device, measuring microscope, melt flow index test equipment etc.)

� SPC-assisted production monitoring

� Processing of certified materials (UL)

Possible failure scenarios are simulated via Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA). The LKH specialists use these analysis and test results to devise a superordinate inspection plan and develop additional component-spe-cific test plans. Continuous in-line testing is documented via the CAQ system and retrievable at any time, thereby ensuring series-production quality.

In order guarantee on-time delivery at all times, LKH uses a modern logistics centre with a warehousing space of 3,000 m² and 3,200 storage locations. All logistical pro-cesses are highly optimised and perfectly complemented by a long history of collaboration with professional, experi-enced logistical partners.

At a glance:

� State-of-the-art logistics centre with around 3,000 m² of warehousing space

� 3,200 storage locations

� Qualified logistics personnel

� Use of the very latest technologies, such as hand scanners

� Perfect transport links to the A3 motorway

LKH delivers the products and components it produces entirely according to the customer’s individual requirements, be it warehouse requisitions, just-in-time or just-in-sequence.

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LKH Kunststoffwerk Heiligenroth GmbH & Co. KGAuf der Birke 2 · D-56412 Montabaur-HeiligenrothPhone +49(0)26 02-9 99 42-0 · Fax +49(0)26 02-9 99 42-88 88E-Mail: info@lkh-kunststoff.de · www.lkh-kunststoff.de

� Injection moulding

� Hot pressing

� Finishing

� Assembly

� Product development

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