Exportation Product Engeneering: the case of X Wood Company in the city of Ponta Grossa – PR

• Main Authors: Arquimedes da Silva Szezerbicki, Luiz Alberto Pilatti, João Luiz Kovaleski, Antônio Carlos de Francisco
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2007-10-01
• Series: Revista Produção Online
• Subjects: Produto, Exportação, Finger joint.
• Online Access: http://producaoonline.org.br/rpo/article/view/83

This paper features a field research in a Wood Company located in the city of Ponta Grossa, State of Paraná, which from 2000 on started producing two items named “clear blocks” and “blanks”. They were exclusively destined to exportation and in the internal market only the sub products, which resulted from the process, were sold. Then, there was a change in the production profile due to the acquisition of the “Finger joint” machine, which is specific for the achievement of one of the most important stages in wood benefaction. Thus, this study shows how Product Engineering is important for the growth of a company, which was small and turned out to be an important exportation corporation. Key words: Product, Exportation, Finger joint.