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.

 

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 Click here
Visit #28 Konecranes Germany 20 & 21 February 2023 15   Click here
Visit #27 PakMarkas Lithuania 29 & 30 September 2022 16 Click here
             
First visits 2013 to 2019          

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

 

Click here

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

 

Click here

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

 

 

 

 

 

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