Brazil trip Day 2 more factories, small but very reliable suppliers!

Ignition locks, that was the start of our second day in the country of Picanha and Caiperinha.

We have several projects running with this manufacturer, inginition locks for Beetle and Bay window bus!

All kind of small press to press small parts…:)

All these will become ignition locks…

Zamak injection machine, this machine makes the above…

Assembly tables, a lot is made by hand, by real crafts people…
Perfect for low production runs.

Check this lady out who assembles key barrels by hand, she just check the key profile by eye and put all correct tumblers at once… story goes she nevers miss a beat!

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And a whole battery of Plastic injection machines, as ignition switches have a lot of small plastic parts as well!

On the road to the next stop, You see the skyline of Sao Paolo in the back?

With a mandatory lunch break…
Fried fish mix, with Fishermans pepper from the House! yammie!!!!

Next stop was a small but cool hardware manufacturer we use a lot for special VW related hardware. .
With EU charging crazy anti dumping tax on hardware out of China, Brazil offer a lot opportunity!
We need more guys like these, super dedicated in all they do!

Let’s see how this machine work in this little video, enjoy!

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A picture of the owner and my “BIG” friend of the Warehouse…

Down the road we see plenty of Kombi, loaded to the roof and far above…

Smoking hot… we had 37° over lunchtime…

Too hot to work for this Kombi for sure…:)

Last stop for the day was a small but highly qualified rubber manufacturer.
In service since the mid sixties this is a very small, tiny but very cool place…:)

…. and after such a hot day on the road there’s nothing better to eat a nice piece of Picanha from the local BBQ!

Stay tuned for more factory visits, its not over yet!!