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Stéphane Woloszyn has been working in maintenance at Tournaire for 24 years. He is manager of the sector maintenance technicians (“TMRS”) as well as the maintenance coordinator. 

How many machines are there to supervised? 

Today the machine park extends into several sectors: the aluminium packaging and the plastic packaging facilities. We are responsible for all machines and infrastructures that may have a direct or indirect impact on these machines. We have a machine park that will cover about 300 machines, from the smallest to the largest, so it is difficult to quantify in terms of machines but rather in terms of quantity of equipment. 

How many containers are produced everyday?

The number of containers per day is difficult to give like that. Today these machines have several types of containers to produce and the machine speeds are different from each other. We have some that can produce 60 parts per minute and others that have much longer cycles and produce one part per minute. We have really different machine parks between them.

How are your day organised? 

Our days are organized in several ways with two axes. First of all, breakdowns, which are managed as a priority, and then a role for TMRS (sector maintenance technicians), which is more in the background and is there to manage the issues related to analysis and preventive maintenance to better serve our customers.

What do you like most about your job? 

The complexity of my job at Tournaire: today we cover all fields as well in electricity, automation, hydraulics… our machines are very complex. Today we have some quite old machines and some very new ones. Tournaire is completely committed to the new wave with the new technologies so day by day we live with new machines. 

What are the challenges you have had overcome? 

Our challenges are more or less daily with all the breakdowns to solve so the failure of the day is a challenge. The challenges are also related to increasing productivity for our machines and means of production. Trying to earn a productivity point is important for our company.  

Why join tournaire? 

It is a lively company, full of experience. Today we can fully develop within the company, as it is really active and dynamic and thus a company that is professionally rich. 

Why have you stayed at Tournaire for all those years? 

For 24 years I have never wanted to leave because I have really covered the whole core business of the company in terms of maintenance. Today I am still learning and always learning. Here it is very easy to get on and achieve recognition. I feel good at Tournaire. 

Cécile Bergia has been product quality manager at Tournaire for over 17 years.

What are the needs in term of customers traceability? 

Traceability for a customer is very important because it allows the manufacturing batch, the associated controls and the batch of raw material to be identified at any time.

What is product quality?

Product Quality is all the controls related to the product, which guarantees the customer the conformity of the delivered product, so it involves production monitoring with dimensional, aspect and functionality controls, to be sure that the delivered product meets the customer’s specifications.

What does Tournaire offer today as a traceability solution for its packaging? 

We need to guarantee traceability to the customer throughout the product chain. We have several ways of doing this: 

1) the barcode labels that are applied to pallets, reels or boxes. This effectively allows us to link a material number, a batch number, a date and all the data associated with the control on these products. With this same label we can trace back to the batch/material data; 

2) in addition, on small packages, a serial number is affixed to the bottom, which allows us to find the batch of material used and the series of the year; and 

3) on large packages intended for the pharmaceutical industry, a unit number under the package which also allows us to trace the package in a unique way and to link all the controls and the batch of raw material.

What are the projects concerning the traceability of packaging? 

In view of regulatory changes, we are moving towards increasingly precise and flawless traceability. We are currently working on improving unit traceability to facilitate the integration of its data with our customers. Several projects are being developed with our clients and by studying all the regulations of the various countries.

What is the percentage of customers requesting traceability? 

All our customers today are asking for this information. For pharmaceutical or food applications it is very critical but it is a major issue and all applications today require this information to guarantee the end-user – that’s us, the customers – that the packaged products are compliant.

Testimony of Romain Leclef, GM Asia-Pacific. 

Can you introduce yourself and your activity for Tournaire in Asia-pacific?

Tournaire is an office and distribution platform, which serves our customers and partners in the area. It is a rather large area, one can imagine a triangle that extends from India to Japan and Australia. 

What are the specificities of the Asia Pacific market for packaging? 

It is a rapidly changing market, where regulations are becoming more and more stringent and where our customers need a local service.

What specific needs do you meet?

Our customers need to protect and transport sensitive and/or high value-added materials. 

Who are your most representative custumers?

Pharmaceutical assets, mainly in India, China and Korea. Perfumery in Singapore. 

There are new emerging markets such as liquid crystal technologies for new LED TVs and also with the explosion of electric cars in China, the electrolyte market. 

What are the specificities of Tournaire in this market? 

Stay one step ahead of the regulations and guarantee impeccable quality and reliability on our packaging. 

How do you see the future of the market in this area?

We can highlight 3 points: world growth is taking place in this area, it is a market that is more and more demanding in terms of quality and where the regulations are more and more restrictive.

What do you enjoy most about living in this part of the world? 

The welcome of the people, the dynamism of the area, the challenge for Tournaire because it is a challenge that is difficult to meet given the size of the area and the difference in culture between each of the countries. It is a source of enrichment on a daily basis. 

Romain Leclef, GM Asia-Pacific

What is your current job with Tournaire?

Hello, my name is Patrick Bisson, I’ve been working for the company for 30 years now and currently I’m project manager/ design draftsman for the creation of special machines.  

How do you organize your day?

My day’s work is devoted on one hand to project management, that is leading and working with the teams for each project and also following up the scheduling and cost control.

On the other hand there is the design of machines and the technical support for various departments like production, maintenance and the industrial process.

What do you like most about your job with Tournaire?

It’s the diversity of projects, the technologies used in, for example, vision control systems, surface treatment machines or VOC suppression, or again metal processing machinery.

The other thing I like is the responsibility for projects and collaboration with the different departments.

What are the challenges you have had to overcome?

A new project is a blank page, it means responding to the needs of internal clients with aspects relating to safety, quality and the environment.

Why work for Tournaire ?

Because it’s a very dynamic company, continually adapting to increasingly demanding client needs, and that allows all participants in a project to express themselves fully.

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In partnership with the UIMM and the AFPI, Tournaire is now rewarding 14 of its employees who obtained their Certificat de Qualification Paritaire de la Métallurgie (CQPM) at the end of 2018. The CQPM is a recognized national diploma, obtained after a period of training via the company’s Internal School and after an examination taken at the AFPI (Association de Formation Professionnel de l’Industrie, a continuing training organization attached to the UIMM).

The Ecole Interne de Tournaire has been working for 10 years to train all its employees internally. As a guarantee of effective training, the company has 100% success at the CQPM.
These certifications allow the employee to adapt to a new workstation. They also contribute to his professional development and the development of his know-how. CQPMs are issued at the end of a training course and they attest to the professional skills acquired.

Try the Tournaire adventure?
This is possible because the company is currently recruiting 10 line drivers. Application (CV and cover letter) to be sent to recrutement@tournaire.fr.

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