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COMPANY SPOTLIGHT

Hendor-pe UK Ltd – A vision for the future

Hendor was founded by brothers Henk and Dorus Bohncke in 1948 more than 70 years ago , originally located in the north of Holland , the company , and their families moved to the south of the country to be closer to their then biggest customer Philips in Eindhoven .
Henk and Dorus Bohncke
Early Perspex Disc Filter
Over the years Hendor has become a global leader in manufacturing of exceptionally high quality and innovative chemically resistant pumps and filtration products .
The brothers would not recognise ‘ their ’ Hendor today in the Dutch town of Bladel . Were they to walk into the large manufacturing facility , they would see the enormous gantry milling machine which can work autonomously day and night .
In the 90 ’ s , Hendor established partners and distributors located all around the world to enable the supply of products at a moment ’ s notice .
The Hendor-pe partnership began in 1995 when Hendor-pe Inc in the USA was established . Since then , Hendor-pe France , Hendor-pe UK , Hendor-pe Spain , China , and Japan have all been introduced to better serve local markets , as well as having independent distributors in other territories .
A lot has changed at Hendor over the last seventy plus years , however , the desire to do business in an innovative and sustainable way has remained a constant . This is why the organisation set the goal of lean manufacturing in 2016 . This desire was manifested by introducing a round of investments worth half a million euros . Besides purchasing the gantry milling machine , Hendor invested money in new software and an automatic welding machine , installed LED lighting everywhere and organised the workplace in a more efficient way . Through automation , we wanted to obtain a higher output with the same number of hands . The machines are used more efficiently thanks to new planning software . We work with small batches and customise more products in accordance with our customers ’
requirements . Not only does this shorten lead times , but we also use raw materials more economically .
The current executive board is the third generation of the family who highly value the Hendor philosophy of sustainability . We traditionally choose solid materials which last longer , and which use as little energy as possible . We design products to add value . This means that we use top-quality raw materials such as Georg Fischer and Simona Plastics . We source our motors from Germany and Austria , and we develop products which can be repaired and thus last a long time . This ideology perfectly suits the lean manufacturing strategy implemented by Hendor . This mindset is not limited to the production methods ; staff members have also been involved . Our staff completed a training course in order to learn how to communicate more effectively and this ensured work is carried out more efficiently .
We at Hendor value social responsibility and act accordingly . A strategic decision was made to develop the next generation of pumps by a Sustainable Design principle . By applying this concept both the manufacturing and the life cycle carbon footprint are significantly reduced .
We have installed 3D simulation software , and , as a result , our internal pump geometries have been optimized . This has resulted in significant increases in pump efficiencies .
Our D13 pump exemplifies this perfectly . This pump was introduced to replace the D110 which had been successfully installed throughout industry for many decades , its replacement had to be a drop in 1-1 alternative as this is an important philosophy for Hendor . As a result , this new superb hydrodynamic design allowed the new pump to provide 33 % more flow from a 33 % smaller motor , resulting in a power saving of 42 %.
This new innovative pump was selected by a renowned multi-national Reel-to-Reel plating company and , after thorough evaluation and comparison with our competitors , was selected because of its solid construction and high flow rate with smaller motor design concept .
The Hendor product range consists of a wide range of pumps and filters allowing us to supply to the most critical and aggressive solutions at ambient or high temperature .
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