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in partnership with JEC Composites E-letter Technology: a development factor Ranger’s strategy is to offer customers a wide range of technologies so that they can obtain the best results from composite and plastic materials. The company aims to optimize the combination of these technologies in order to offer new solutions. To reach that goal, Ranger employs a wide range of technological processes in-house, including SMC, long-fibre thermoplastics (LFT), glass mat thermoplastics (GMT), resin transfer moulding (RTM), direct long fibre thermoplastics (D-LFT), lowprofile compression moulding (LPCM), thermoforming, two-component compression, injection moulding, twocomponent injection, sandwich injection, PUR, and RIM. More information Company history 1969: Alberto Rossini founds Ranger Italiana to make moulds for plastic materials 1972: Start of Rangerplast, the moulding company 1976: Start of the injection moulding activity (1,500-ton press) 1990: First production unit for compression moulding 1991: Rangerplast is one of the first companies to develop the GMT technology 1995: Start of the coating activity 1997: ISO 9002 quality certification 2009: Acquisition of the industrial branch of Ranger SpA from the company Metallvakuum CITEA SpA and starting up of the new company Industrie Metallvakuum Ranger SpA. 2000: Acquisition of Ranger Deutschland, a German company 2001: Acquisition of Ranger Auto Sportive, a coating division of Rangerplast 2002: Acquisition of a branch of ASTRA for composite materials, now Ranger Compositi 2002: Rangerplast obtains VDA 6.1 quality certification for the automotive sector 2002: Acquisition of a branch of Collins and Aickmann 2003: Acquisition of a branch of Matra Venture Composites, now Ranger France 2004: Ranger Italiana obtains ISO TS 16949 quality certification 2005: Ranger France obtains ISO TS 16949 quality certification 2005: Industrial branches of Ranger companies merge to form Ranger Spa 2006: Start of the Chinese business Ranger focus on european truck customers. Experience and orientation The automotive market is Ranger’s first priority. The Group has thirty year of experience in the production of moulds and complex equipment for automotive parts. Its know-how in metallurgy, composites and plastic materials is the starting point for every project in the automotive sector. During the development phase, Ranger takes advantage of its integrated service resources and wide range of available technologies to offer its customers innovative, state-of-the-art solutions that meet their special requirements. philosophy has always been to apply the ISO registration as intended, to help establish consistent, controlled processes, to drive continuous improvement in product quality and services, and to try to reach the goal of 100% deliveries on time in order to meet our customers’ expectations”, says Roberto Borgonovo, general manager of Ranger Shanghai Co., Ltd. The Chinese market is huge, on a par with the country itself. This doesn’t facilitate the task: Ranger may be able to put forward its established quality and forty years of experience, but the local players are very dynamic, and steel is highly competitive there. The idea is not for Ranger to work only with Western companies that are established in China, so it will also need to win contracts with local builders. Quite a challenge! Quality: a strategic tool Ranger Spa’s quality management system has been certified to the ISO 9002 standard since 1997. In 2004, the company completed the full certification of the departments involved in automotive production and achieved the A new building in the Shanghai region. ISO/TS 16949 standard to meet the requirements of its automotive customers. “High quality standards and assurance systems are guaranteed in every area of our company’s activities. Our corporate More information: www.ranger.it No48 May 2009 / jec composites magazine 11
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