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Founded in 1976, Construcciones Mecánicas Mecoval (Mecoval) is a Spanish machining service provider specializing in the design and manufacture of tooling and production parts. Headquartered in Alboraya (Valencia), the company serves a range of industrial sectors, with a particular focus on aerospace, automotive, logistics and packaging. Leveraging over 40-years’ expertise and a range of cutting-edge production technologies, Mecoval has built a strong reputation for innovation and reliability that has seen the company secure a strong global clientele of manufacturers.
Key to Mecoval’s success, and central to its long-term strategic vision, is a continuous drive to innovate its technological capabilities and diversify its service offering. “Mecoval was one of the first companies in Valencia to invest in CNC machines back in the eighties – a move that enabled us to quickly establish a competitive advantage and leadership position in the market,” explains Mecoval CEO, Antonio Enguix Lozano. “While CNC has been at the heart of our production for decades, over the past few years we’ve seen a shift in customer requirements towards more complex and customized parts, delivered within much tighter turnaround times. As a result, we knew we had to expand our technology portfolio to find a solution that could go beyond our CNC capability to address these needs.”
Tackling the Challenge Head-On
The team identified additive manufacturing as a solution to increase the production agility of the business and subsequently put a number of technologies to the test. The company decided to invest in an FDM®-based Stratasys Fortus 450mc™ 3D printer from Stratasys’ local partner, Comher. According to Enguix, the system has proved a formidable production system standing side by side with the company’s CNC equipment.
“Our Fortus 450mc enables us to overcome the limitations of our CNC machinery when it comes to design complexity, customization and production speed,” he explains. “We’re seeing this value every day across a broad range of tooling applications and final end-use parts. We’re now able to produce complex tools and production parts in a matter of days compared to the weeks it would take with CNC – at no additional cost. Not only has this increased our ability to serve the needs of existing customers, but we’ve also been able to secure significant new business, thanks to our strengthened proposition.”