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The Klokkerholm company was founded in 1969 by the owner of a car repair shop in the small Danish city. The plant, which initially occupied an area of 360 square meters, today has grown to 21,000 square meters but continues to be at the same place. In addition to body parts of its own production, the company packs parts from other suppliers (optics, mirrors, headlights, lockers, mud flaps, anthers). Today, 85% of all products are exported and shipped to 36 countries
About company
The production of Klokkerholm parts began with what founder Arne Andersen noted - original car body parts quickly began to suffer from corrosion. Given the cold and humid Danish climate, this is logical. But the entrepreneur saw this as a good prospect for the development of his own business in the form of a car workshop. So, two years after the founding of the company, the production of metal body parts began. And the main production with an area of about 21,000 square meters is still in the same place as the first machines. Practice has shown that Mr. Andersen's idea has been successful. Quality metal body parts from Klokkerholm Karosseridele quickly gained popularity with its high quality, reliability and high level of corrosion resistance. As a result, the company developed, absorbing some competitors and acquiring new production sites in Sweden and Germany. Although the main plant still remains in Denmark, near Aalborg, in the town of Klokkerholm. Today, the full range of the company consists of 16,000 articles, among which 4,000 items are metal body parts from Klokkerholm, manufactured at a factory in Denmark.
Over the past decade, thanks to cooperation with large investment companies, Klokkerholm began to significantly expand its range with various parts: mirrors, radiators, bumpers, fenders, grilles, optics, plastic lockers, suspension and rear axle parts, power windows, radiator fans. All this is purchased from trusted partner manufacturers (such as TYC, Tong Yang Group, Gordon). At the same time, the products of third-party plants are not repackaged - Klokkerholm does not hide that it does not produce these spare parts. The goal of the Danes is to expand the offer and supply customers with “all from one source” for car body repair. Today, about 65% of the assortment is the products of external manufacturers. But the remaining 35% are parts of its own production, thanks to which Klokkerholm became popular among car owners.
Body repair parts (wheel arches, sills, fenders, door panels, hoods, fuel tanks) Klokkerholm
The range of Klokkerholm's most sought-after repair metal body parts includes about 4,000 parts. High quality parts are ensured by continuous modernization and updating of equipment and strict adherence to standards. As the founder wanted, all parts perfectly resist corrosion. To do this, the company regularly conducts tests of finished products. Randomly selected parts are immersed in brine (1 kilogram of technical salt to 1 liter of tap water) and left for 4 weeks. According to the test results, all parts have no signs of rust, although visible changes in appearance appear on them. In addition to high quality and good corrosion resistance, Klokkerholm parts attract customers with a large assortment. Often, only this manufacturer can offer a more affordable, but high-quality alternative to the original parts. Product quality is also guaranteed by meeting the requirements of the ISO 9000 quality system management standard.
All Klokkerholm parts meet the requirements of car manufacturers and the size of the original parts. In order to confirm this, the company is tested by independent research institutes TÜV (Germany), Centro Zaragoza (Spain), Thatcham (England) and others. And all certified parts are specially labeled “Klokkerholm A1”. It is also important to note that since 2012, the Danish manufacturer decided to gradually replace the material of all its parts with black steel and galvanized steel. The process is still ongoing, although now most of the body parts are made of "galvanized".
For such a transition, manufacturing engineers very carefully selected the most optimal type of sheet, which would help combine the required thickness of the zinc coating and at the same time be well stamped. Also, when selecting the necessary material, the parts passed a large number of tests. Including the characteristics of the weldability of the sheet, as well as how well the primer and paint fit on the new material. Thus, cold rolled steel of standard 14.03 DIN 1623 with a tolerance of DIN 1541 was chosen as the raw material - only this material is used to produce Klokkerholm parts.
For galvanizing, the method of hot galvanizing is used (production standard DX54D Z140 MB). In accordance with this technology, the whole sheet is coated with zinc by immersion in a bath and subsequent drying. This is the only way to galvanize absolutely the entire surface without using lead harmful to human health. The manufacturer understands that the painting process is critical to body parts. Therefore, all products go through 7 stages of surface treatment.
At a temperature of 45 ° C, parts are degreased in a combination of water and acid, which guarantees a clean and dust-free surface.
Then surface phosphating according to DIN 50942 occurs.
The next stage: a two-stage cascade flushing.
Then in a furnace at a temperature of 120 ° C the parts are dried.
The next stage is electrostatic spray painting.
The penultimate stage is the drying of the colored product, which occurs within 10 minutes at a temperature of 40 ° C.
And the last stage is hardening in an oven for 20 minutes at a temperature of 145 ° C.