Company Presentation

Background

MCG was founded as a private company on January 1978, as a continuation of the activity started by Mr. Manuel Conceição Graça, over 40 years before.

The main activity used to be the refurbishing of vehicles and, afterwards, the production of chassis and cabins for trucks (Scania).

The construction of current facilities (Unit 1 parts production) on 1978 has allowed the extension of the activity towards the metal components for the automotive industry. The production of tools and dies as well as the vehicle assembling was maintained in the old facilities. Later in 1999 the tooling production was finally transferred to Unit 2 – tooling production, close to Unit 1.

Over the last decades major investments have been made on both tooling construction and parts production plants, not only in terms of technology but also on management and information systems, which have definitely pushed the company into a higher global level.

Family Owned Private Company

Located in Carregado, PORTUGAL

Over 60 years experience

Steel parts and assemblies, tool an die development and manufacturing

MCG mind for metal

Manuel Conceição Graça, Lda.

Metal 1| Stamping, assembling, surface treatment Metal 2| Tool shop Metal 3| Prototyping and Rapid Manufacturing Metal 4| Stamping (new press 2013)

Total Area: 72.000 m2 (covered 22.000 m2)

PLANTS

MCG’s sales stands on four different business units: MCG automotive - parts and assemblies for the automotive industry

MCG tooling - tool and die design and manufacturing

MCG laser - prototyping and rapid manufacturing, small batches and flexible production

MCG solar – solar thermal collector

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HUMAN RESOURCES

Main engineering degrees:

Mechanical

Aerospace

Materials

Environmental

and Computer Engineering

Metal 1+4 – 63% Metal 2 – 12% Metal 3 – 10% Adm. – 15%

327workers

415 w/ temporary work force

Recent Projects Developed

CMF1 – seat structure

- Upper Crossmember - 2.500.000 parts /year - Press table size: 4,5m - Vehicle: Nissan Qascai & Renault Laguna, VW Polo

- Backrest Sidemember - 2.500.000 parts /year - Press table size: 6,5m - Vehicle: Nissan Qascai & Renault Laguna, VW Polo

- Lower Crossmember - 1.500.000 parts /year - Press table size: 6,5m - Vehicle: Nissan Qascai & Renault Laguna

- Front Crossmember - 3.500.000 parts /year - Press table size: 4,5m - Vehicle: Nissan Qascai & Renault Laguna, VW Polo

9’’ Drum Break Product Dev & Tooling

ATM Machine

WASTE BINS

PELLET STOVES

EMBRAER KC 390 Tooling

R&D Partners & Projects

Partnership MCG - IST

http://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/en/

Since its creation in 1911, Instituto Superior Técnico is the largest and most reputed school of Engineering, Science and Technology and Architecture in Portugal.

It has three campi, all located in the Greater Lisbon area (Alameda in Lisbon, Taguspark in Oeiras and Tecnológico e Nuclear Campus in Loures),

Partnership MCG - IST

MCG sponsors manufacturing labs at IST (NOF)

Partnership MCG - IST

MCG works in cooperation with IST and PhD Paulo Martins on several projects that lead to several paper publications (that we can share and discuss) and magazine covers

R&D Projects (concluded) – MouldCork

Optimize thermal, acoustic and damping characteristics on structural metal components

R&D Projects (concluded) – Mould Cork

Challenge: Optimize thermal, acoustic and damping

characteristics on structural metal components

Conventional approach Use of insulators and damping materials

applied after assembling operations

MCG Approach: Optimize a composite cork base polymer

for conventional stamping process, taking advantage of three characteristics associated with cork:

Low weight High acoustic and damping performance High thermal performance

R&D Projects (concluded) – Tube Forming

Challenge: To replace the welding

connections by others with the same mechanical characteristics

Conventional approach Conventional welding

MCG Approach: Replacing conventional welding

by mechanical connection based on tube forming operations

*Patent pending

R&D Projects (concluded) – SPIF

Challenge: Produce functional prototypes without tooling investment.

Conventional approach Production of conventional tools for prototypes

production.

MCG Approach: Depending on part geometry we have the two options:

SPIF and laser-cut SPIF, laser cutting and conventional stamping tools.

R&D Projects (concluded) – Max Nesting

Challenge: Reduce raw material consumption to

the theoretical minimum with no

additional blanking operation.

Conventional approach Reduce raw material consumption

with blanking operation

MCG Approach:

MCG MaxNesting synthesizes

blanking + stamping in one

operation

R&D Projects (concluded) – OMNIDEA

Following the collaboration with aeronautics company Omnidea, MCG mind for metal as his partner was represented at the 50th Le Bourget Salon Avionics held between 17 and 23 June 2013 in Paris.

Goal: the production of pressure vessels in high performance aluminum (aeronautical use), with subsequent filament winding of composite fibers in order to withstand the very high pressures required. According to the current project plan, these reservoirs will be qualified for use in space propulsion systems ion the new generation of satellites and Space Vehicles.

R&D Projects (on going) – REELCOOP

http://www.reelcoop.com/partners

REELCOOP (REnewable ELectricity COOPeration) is a EU/FP7 funded project aiming to develop renewable electricity generation technologies and promoting cooperation between EU Partner Countries and Mediterranean Partner Countries, which started in 1 September 2013, with a duration of 4 years.

What is REELCOOP (in a nutshell) • development, construction and testing of a building integrated PV system (with ventilated facades), a hybrid (solar/biomass) micro-cogeneration ORC system, and a hybrid concentrating solar / biomass mini-power plant • organisation of Workshops on Renewable Electricity technologies (4, one every year) open to junior researchers and outside public • technology transfer and dissemination regarding the developed technologies

R&D Projects (on going) – LATCH

LIGHTWEIGHT THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES Non Disclosed Information Partnership with MOLIPOREX and INEGI Objective: To develop and integrate new materials unidirectional thermoplastic matrix and its associated technologies Materialize the construction of a prototype of an automobile structural member The consortium will test new materials and processes with a view to their suitability and application component to develop in order to match their capabilities mechanical performance with a significant reduction of actual weight

New Investments @ MCG

New investments new laser cutting machine on Metal 3 TRUMPF | TruLaser 1030

2,7m spherical working volume Accuracy ±0,041mm Software: Cam 2, Polyworks Inspector, Geomatic, Geomatic (reverse engineering) Smart Sensor Technology: Sensors warn against factors that compromise performance Internal Counterbalance: Provides comfortable, stress-free usage Temperature Sensors: Allow the Arm to react to thermal variations for maximum portability and accuracy

New investments Scan Arm Faro Edge

New investments Simulation Software AutoForm

NEW PLANT - PRESS SHOP

3.300 ton Transfer Press

Project: 27072

“Sistema de Incentivos à Inovação“

Eligible investment: 4.639.936,52 €

Repayable incentive: 2.477.042,15 €