Automotive - 100 Rua Comendador António Da Silva Rorigues, Oliveira De Azeméis -852, PT
Simoldes has always sought to be an early adopter. Making full use of a strategy of focus, specializing in the specific environment of highly technical, quality moulds within the moulds industry in general, the group has created a niche to which resources and specialized knowledge are now directed. The aim is now to maintain and increase this niche. As this is a precision industry and given the specific demands of the target sector, Simoldes has recognized the driving factors of the market and gone against the tendency to form a single large injection mould manufacturing company. Instead we opted for several independent production units, working in similar areas but with a smaller number of employees and smaller individual production capability. However, this provides more flexibility for operations and makes it easier to adapt to the requirements of each different market. We should also mention inter-company cooperation which allows us to maximize resources and increase efficiency while also sub contracting jobs. This work is carried out by companies with a high level of technical quality giving Simoldes the guarantee that specific requirements will be met. Our pioneering strategic choice of moulds for the automobile industry and ongoing investment and full application of high performance technology in all areas of production together with our skilled labour, are factors which have placed the company in a position of control over domestic competition within the industry, and we are considered by many to be the " standard" for companies to follow. Simoldes, after having achieved a technological level which allows us to compete with the best in the industry, is now concentrating on a strategy of differentiation. We are developing a plan of action based on guidelines for the medium and long-term. Given the importance of a number of countries have for the group, the use of a structure for the supply of services which improve both verbal and cultural communication has been the strategy implemented to make up for ...