# Heller UK upgrades Redditch plant with new flow line

Heller Machine Tools has spent over £2 million upgrading its manufacturing plant and headquarters in Redditch, UK, including an 11-station Strothmann flow line and new logistics system. Production output of horizontal machining centres has risen by 30%.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-06-22
- Where: Redditch, UK, United Kingdom
- Value: $2.65M (2.00M GBP)
- Starts operating: 18 Jul 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 30% increase in production output of horizontal machining centres
- Products: horizontal machining centres, five-axis machines, four-axis machines
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Heller Machine Tools](https://endata.com/companies/18492.md)

## Sources

- [mtimagazine.com](https://mtimagazine.com/new-flow-line-at-heller-uk/), 2018-06-22: "More than £2m has been spent upgrading the Heller Machine Tools manufacturing plant and headquarters at Redditch, UK."
- [theengineer.co.uk](https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/in-depth/tooling-technology-has-industry-on-the-right-track), 2018-07-18: "More than £2m has been spent upgrading Heller Machine Tools' manufacturing plant in Redditch, Worcestershire, providing a 30 per cent boost to output of horizontal machining centres."
- [pesmedia.com](https://www.pesmedia.com/heller-machine-tools-redditch), 2018-07-24: "The new Strothmann system has resulted in a further reduction of at least 20% in overall assembly time and we intend to improve on that further by making the process even leaner."

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