Nearsourcing wins NOTE new customers


Nearsourcing wins NOTE new customers

NOTE has signed an agreement with Tour & Andersson that has chosen NOTE as a
supplier because of Nearsourcing. 

Tour & Andersson is a world leader in balancing valves for waterborne heating
and cooling systems. An agreement has been signed to develop and produce a
sophisticated instrument for balancing these systems, the TA-SCOPE. Production
on a larger scale is planned at NOTE Torsby in the autumn.

In its development work, NOTE has collaborated closely with QRtech, a specialist
in product development and industrialization of electronics and software. NOTE's
preferred parts database—NOTEfied—was used in this process. This unique,
proprietary tool has technical and commercial data on over 60,000 components. By
using NOTEfied, simpler, faster and more secure materials flows are achieved,
from the right strategic component choices to finished products. 

NOTE's Nearsourcing Centre in Torsby has got specialist skills in development,
industrialization and volume production. With several years experience and
skills in producability, the Centre assists customers on solutions for complex
products.

Over recent years, NOTE has re-formatted several of its plants as Nearsourcing
Centres, in line with its Nearsourcing business model, which is based on three
main components: starting up Nearsourcing Centres close to customers, cost
control through product life-cycles and cost-efficient production located where
it is optimal for the customer.

Ronald Hedström, QRtech's Development Manager commented: “In the current
economic climate it is vital that customers get their products to the market as
fast as possible. Our collaboration with NOTE and the NOTEfied tool was the key
to satisfying the customer's needs. Using NOTEfied, we've kept control over the
components we select in terms of lead-times, availability and life-cycle
status.”

“A supplier that maintains high quality, has control and influence over
suppliers, as well as possessing high-volume production capacity for large
volumes in regions whose cost structure favours us is important,” responded
Joakim Merstrand, Strategic Purchasing Manager at Tour & Andersson, “in NOTE,
we've found a partner with world-class international and local production
capabilities—quite simply, NOTE has the complete package.”


For more information, please contact.
Arne Forslund, CEO & President, tel. +46 (0)8 568 99007, +46 (0)70 547 7477 
Niklas Björklund, Key Account Manager, tel. +46 (0)560 68 93 46, +46 (0)73 344
9250

About NOTE 
NOTE's business concept is to offer services in the production and logistics of
electronics-based products. NOTE has a presence in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the
UK, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland and China. In 2008, net sales were SEK 1,710 m;
the group has approximately 1,200 employees. For more information, go to
www.note.eu

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