SEW-Eurodrive expands

Situated adjacent to its existing 27 and 29 Beverage Drive headquarters, SEW-Eurodrive has acquired 31-33 Beverage Drive. Measuring 10,000 square metres, the new premise will be fitted out to produce and service the largest drives available in Australasia. The $10 million investment will be further complemented with a state-of-the-art fit-out including cranes capable of handling 50-tonne loads and automated two-pack paint line and storage capacity for in excess of 3000 pallets.

“The company is very upbeat about the future and this investment will consolidate our future growth expected within the heavy industrial drive sector,” said SEW-Eurodrive Managing Director Robert Merola.

“Stocks will be increased, therefore reducing time to market,” said Merola. He claimed that reducing lead time by weeks or even months allows customers to become productive faster. “You can imagine two months’ production in a mine is a significant amount,” he said.

The centralised assembly and decentralised service will be rolled out over the next 12 months.