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A new fabric structure for the Japanese Hitachi

An excellent turn-key project in the Reggio Calabria plant in Southern Italy.

A new warehouse has been opened within the Hitachi plant

Kopron has just completed an incredible journey in this extremely important plant, specialised in the creation of regional and metropolitan trains.

The Customer’s request was born from the need to expand a logistic warehouse with speed and solidity. The solution was therefore natural: the creation of a Kopron unit, a fabric structure of 1,000 sq.m..

The building was handled through a turn-key project, complying with all of the time and quality criteria agreed.

A Kopron fabric structure in a turn-key format

The Customer has chosen to expand its activities through the creation of an independent depot of 20x50 metres, 6 metres high.

The structure, made entirely from hot galvanised steel, was painted with a fireproof intumescent paint. This type of paint protects the structures from fire. The PVC fabric use is Class 1 as it is safer and provides a higher level of fire resistance.

In order to close the warehouse and provide access, two folding rigid doors have been inserted, the FAST PACK SMART model, together with another two pedestrian passage doors.

Apart from the quality of the Made in Kopron product, Hitachi has entrusted full management of the project to the Kopron team, in a turn-key format. The added value was to have one single interlocutor for management of the entire project.

From rapid management of the bureaucratic procedures for building permission, thanks to in-depth knowledge on the market; to the creation of masonry work to position the depot; right through to the LED lighting and fire protection systems.

The project has been handled by a specific internal team, in accordance with the times and costs imposed by the Customer. Work planning in accordance with Hitachi requirements was very fast: in just one month the fabric structure was erected.

Rapid installation combined with the possibility of reusing the structure in another context are always the strong points of the Kopron product.

Creating a turn-key project has relieved the Customer from not having to deal with anything right through to delivery of the product. In the end the Customer has a new high quality warehouse in just a short period of time, respecting the budget defined.

Vincenzo Monterosso, Project Manager Kopron for the Hitachi Project

The Company-Customer in brief

Hitachi Ltd. is a Japanese company, with headquarters in Tokyo, involved in numerous market fields.

The company works in the field of electronics, electrical engineering, diggers, railway constructions and, in collaboration with General Electric Power, it is also involved in nuclear reactors.

Kopron has supplied Hitachi Rail Italy, specialised in the development of regional and metropolitan trains chosen by several cities throughout the world: Milan, Copenhagen, Taipei, Honolulu are just a few examples.

Details

  • Reggio Calabria, Province of Reggio Calabria, Italy
  • Carolina Vergani