Sennebogen Opens New Steel Plant In Hungary

Sennebogen announced the official opening of a new steel plant in Litér, Hungary, as part of its growth strategy to expand the company’s capacity for steel assemblies and welded constructions.

The 315,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and office complex was built on a 32-acre site about a half-hour’s drive from the first Sennebogen steel plant in Balatonfüred, Hungary.

Shareholder Walter Sennebogen called the plant “our most important supplier of steel assemblies. With this greenfield investment in Hungary, we are not only expanding our capacities to meet the growing demand, but also building reserves for the future.”

Designed to handle large and heavy components up to approximately 98 feet long and weighing in at 50,000 pounds, the production facility will produce 40 million pounds of steel structures per year in its current configuration. Significant investment was also made in modern machine tools and machining centers for mechanical processing as well as flame and laser cutting.

As is the case in all Sennebogen facilities, a holistic design approach was used. To complement the manufacturing process, an ergonomically sophisticated welding area for the production of welded structures was created, as was a paint shop equipped to the latest standards.

“With the new plant, we are supplementing our previous steel component production capacity in Balatonfüred, said Michael Seiferling, managing director of the new plant. “The locations are also logistically connected via plant traffic.”” Constantino Lannes, president of Sennebogen, said the new plant is part of looking “beyond the machine” and meeting customer demand.

“We were thrilled to learn about this investment when it was first decided over 2.5 years ago, and today this is going to allow us to continue to meet customer expectations in terms of meeting the market demand,” Lannes said.

Caption for top photo: In order to meet growing demand, Sennebogen has built a new, state-of-the-art steel plant in Litér, Hungary on an area of around 32 acres.