FOCUS ON BENDING
“ Portugese chiller cabinet manufacturer, Jordão, aims to make significant advances in productivity through new machinery and automation.”
Isidro Lobo( centre), President of Jordão, with his daughter Joana Jordão Lobo( right), CEO, and his son-in-law and commercial director, Joao Almeida, form Jordão’ s management team.
THE PARTNERSHIP PRINCIPLE
Jordão and TRUMPF have forged a close-knit partnership to advance productivity with new bending, laser cutting and automation equipment.
Portugese manufacturer, Jordão, has risen over 43 years, from humble beginnings, to become a leading manufacturer of standard and bespoke chiller cabinets. It specialises in commercial refrigeration equipment for the food retail and hospitality sectors, producing a range of standard and custom-designed chiller cabinets, displays and counters. Jordão’ s equipment is designed to“ optimise the display and conservation of food to maximize quality and sales.” The company’ s success is largely due to its consistency and strong sense of teamwork.
José Júlio Jordão founded the company
Isidro Lobo( President, Jordão) in front of the TRUMPF LiftMaster Compact and Part Master, which fully automates part cutting on Jordão’ s production line. in 1982 in Guimarães in northern Portugal. It all started with 22 employees. Since then, the workforce has grown more than tenfold to 250 employees. Jordão is now one of Europe’ s leading manufacturers of standard and bespoke chiller cabinets for the food retail and hospitality sectors, serving well-known customers all over the world.
The company aims for innovation, uniting technology and sustainability. It supplies digital, efficient and environmentally friendly solutions that help customers to reduce energy consumption in their food presentations / displays and improve the efficiency of store operations. In autumn 2023, one of its products won an international innovation award at a leading global trade fair for the catering and hotel industry.
Isidro Lobo, President of Jordão, listed the company’ s values: positive attitude, ambition, team spirit, integrity and excellence, and its mission as:“ Creating the best
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