AP&T 60 years with an eye on what lies ahead

AP&T 60周年，始终着眼未来

Take equal parts engineering, entrepreneurship and business acumen. Then add a rare ability to anticipate market needs, and you have a recipe for long-term success. For AP&T, which is an expert in metal and fiber forming production solutions and a preferred supplier to many leading manufacturers in the global automotive industry, this recipe has been working for 60 years. It transformed three small workshops in the Swedish countryside into a global actor.

工程设计、创业精神和商业头脑并重，再加上市场预测能力，你就拥有了长期成功的秘诀。作为金属和纤维成形的生产解决方案专家，及全球汽车行业许多领先制造商的首选供应商，AP&T 已用此秘诀工作了60年。这使我们从瑞典乡村的三个小作坊变为了一个全球知名的企业。

When AP&T unveiled its production solution for cost-effective manufacturing of large, complex press-hardened parts earlier this year, it was, in a way, no surprise. Time and again, the company has demonstrated that it is a pioneer in the development of technological solutions that meet the challenges facing its customers, both in terms of productivity and sustainability. AP&T's exceptionally energy-efficient servohydraulic press is one of many shining examples of what can be created in an innovative environment. The company's solution for forming high-strength aluminum is another. Both have been added over the past ten years. During this period, AP&T has also renewed and expanded its automation program with a new generation of SpeedFeeders® for efficient sheet metal handling in various process steps—front of line, press to press, transfer, and end of line— and launched new generations of its Multi-Layer Furnaces. Innovation has gone hand in hand with continuous improvement, and the business has expanded with a range of services that all focus on providing customers with worry-free, profitable production over the lifetime of their equipment.

今年年初，当 AP&T 推出其生产解决方案，以经济高效的方式制造大型、复杂的热成形零件时，在某种程度上，这并不令人惊讶。该公司一次又一次地证明，它是开发技术解决方案的先驱，这些解决方案可以应对客户在生产力和可持续性方面面临的挑战。极具节能效果的 AP&T 伺服液压机是在众多创新中非常出类拔萃例子之一，另一个是 AP&T 高强度铝热成形解决方案，两者都是在过去十年中开发的。在此期间，AP&T 还更新并扩展了自动化产品，推出了新一代 SpeedFeeders®，用于在各种工艺步骤中高效处理金属板材（包括线首、压力机到压力机、搬送和线尾），并推出了新一代的多层箱式加热炉。创新与持续改进齐头并进，业务也随着一系列服务的升级而不断扩展。AP&T服务致力于在设备的整个生命周期内为客户提供无忧、盈利的生产。

Looking back, we see that the inauguration of AP&T's facility and headquarters in Ulricehamn in 2014 became the symbolic starting point for the successful ten-year journey that followed. But, in reality, it all started much earlier.

回顾过去， AP&T 于 2014 年在 Ulricehamn 开设工厂和总部的举措历历在目，成为此后十年成功之旅的象征性起点。但事实上，这一切都始于更早之前。