E.D.&A. again awarded as 'Factory of the Future'

Innovation and collaboration are essential

This past Wednesday, E.D.&A. again received the Factory of the Future Award for 2019. Managing Director Gert D’Handschotter is justifiably proud of this recognition. “This reward is due to the entire team, because as a truly Belgian development and production company we depend on committed employees with smart ideas and teamwork. I don’t mean just the collaboration between our developers, production and testing staff in various departments, but also the extensive collaboration with our customers and partners. Compared to three years ago, E.D.&A. has shown impressive growth in all areas: the production has tripled, staff has increased by 50%, lead times have gone down even more, there are many new processes and machines, etc.” 

Jury approval

Every day we prove that manufacturing in Belgium is possible as long as you are willing to invest in people and automation. The jury was extremely impressed by our ability to manufacture cost-effectively both small and very large batches (200,000 items) of excellent quality. E.D.&A.’s comprehensive automation and digitisation in combination with our highly driven, committed staff was also noteworthy. Our extensive partnership with a neighbouring custom production company completed the jury’s positive impression.

E.D.&A. first received the Factory of the Future award in 2016 and has continued to hold this title in the three years since.

More about Factory of the Future

Factories of the Future stand out for their use of energy and materials. Creative, committed employees work with state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment and smart, sustainable production processes. The result: agile, future-proof companies that deliver products of high added value.