Tecnical information
Surface treatment
Customer/Industry
Maker of battery holders
Background
The customer needed a spring with good spring ability and good conduction. The customer has also had a problem in getting a solution that offers both properties. This ended with a spring that was nickel plated and cost 1 crown / piece.
Action
Lesjöfors succeeded in finding an American supplier of nickel-plated wire.
Improvement
The cost reduction offered Lesjöfors proposal was 0.90 crowns / piece, on a component of which they used 100,000 pcs/year = saving of 90,000 crowns.