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The Lean in Europe activity ran from November 2013 to March 2024. (During the COVID pandemic the visits were suspended and Lean Café webinars were held instead.) Below are details of the 33 separate physical visits to 34 different companies attended by 704 participants. For more information on a specific visit please click on the relevant link. A general introduction to the Lean in Europe activity can be found on the main Lean in Europe webpage. |
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Previous visits |
Country |
Dates |
Participants |
Video |
Report |
| Final visits | 2022 to 2024 | |||||
| Visit #33 | Toyota Motor Manufacturing France | France | 05 & 06 March 2024 | 20 | Click here | |
| Visit #32 | Kostwein Maschinenbau GmbH | Austria | 05 & 06 February 2024 | 16 | Click here | |
| Visit #31 | RATIONAL AG | Germany | 07 & 08 December 2023 | 12 | Click here | |
| Visit #30 | FLY S.p.a. | Italy | 03 & 04 July 2023 | 15 | Click here | |
| Visit #29 | Ski Beat | France | 17 & 18 April 2023 | 8 |  |
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| Visit #28 | Konecranes | Germany | 20 & 21 February 2023 | 15 | Click here | |
| Visit #27 | PakMarkas | Lithuania | 29 & 30 September 2022 | 16 | |
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| First visits | 2013 to 2019 | |||||
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Visit #26 |
BMW Group Plant Berlin |
Germany |
10 December 2019 |
32 |
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Visit #25 |
Pneu Laurent / SKF Slewing Bearings (double visit) |
France |
27 & 28 November 2019 |
15 |
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Visit #24 |
Applus+ IDIADA |
Spain |
18 & 19 November 2019 |
14 |
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Visit #23 |
Škoda Lean Center / LEGO Production s.r.o. (double visit) |
Czech Republic |
16 & 17 July 2019 |
27 |
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Visit #22 |
Amorim & Irmãos |
Portugal |
13 & 14 March 2019 |
10 |
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Visit #21 |
Toyota's Deeside Engine Plant |
UK |
04 & 05 December 2018 |
22 |
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Visit #20 |
GKN Driveline Zumaia |
Spain |
12 & 13 November 2018 |
16 |
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Visit #19 |
TRUMPF |
Germany |
25 May 2018 |
27 |
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Visit #18 |
Rosderra Irish Meats |
Ireland |
24 May 2018 |
17 |
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Visit #17 |
Schaeffler AG |
Austria |
26 & 27 March 2018 |
26 |
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Visit #16 |
Phonovation / Topflight Travel Group (double visit) |
Ireland |
04 & 05 December 2017 |
27 |
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Visit #15 |
HansaMatrix |
Latvia |
13 & 14 November 2017 |
28 |
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Visit #14 |
Rolls-Royce |
UK |
22 & 23 September 2017 |
25 |
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Visit #13 |
RATIONAL AG |
Germany |
22 & 23 May 2017 |
29 |
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Visit #12 |
Thyssenkrupp Norte |
Spain |
27 & 28 March 2017 |
38 |
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Visit #11 |
Odelo |
Slovenia |
05 & 06 December 2016 |
38 |
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Visit #10 |
Maserati |
Italy |
22 & 23 September 2016 |
27 |
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Visit #09 |
Rottapharm Meda |
Ireland |
09 & 10 March 2016 |
21 |
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Visit #08 |
Mondelēz International |
Poland |
17 & 18 February 2016 |
13 |
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Visit #07 |
DHL Supply Chain |
Netherlands |
25 & 26 November 2015 |
17 |
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Visit #06 |
EPCOS OHG - a Group Company of TDK-EPC Corporation |
Austria |
16 & 17 April 2015 |
20 |
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Visit #05 |
Danfoss Sp. z.o.o. |
Poland |
23 & 24 October 2014 |
27 |
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Visit #04 |
Audi Brussels |
Belgium |
09 May 2014 |
24 |
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Visit #03 |
Bosch Thermotechnology GmbH |
Germany |
26 & 27 March 2014 |
23 |
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Visit #02 |
Kostwein Maschinenbau GmbH |
Austria |
19 & 20 February 2014 |
14 |
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Visit #01 |
LEGO Systems A/S |
Denmark |
14 & 15 November 2013 |
25 |
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| Visits indefinitely postponed when Lean in Europe was suspended during the Covid crisis | ||||||
| Planned visit was postponed to 2023 | Ski Beat (postponed due to Coronavirus situation) | France | 20 & 21 April 2020 | n/a | Took place in April 2023 | |
| Planned visit was transformed into a webinar | Tetra Pak (postponed due to Coronavirus situation) | Sweden | 11 & 12 March 2020 | n/a | Tetra Pak hosted a Lean Café webinar in December 2020 |
