Company Overview

Setrab designs and manufactures customised aluminium heat exchangers in small to medium quantities for high performance OEM automotive and other vehicle applications.

 

We are a privately owned company based in Malmö, Sweden, where we have our main design and development office. We operate manufacturing facilities in Malmö, Sweden and in Karlino, Poland, and we have sales offices in Sweden, the UK, and in the USA.

Market Overview

Setrab supplies many of the world’s premium car makers, e.g. Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lexus, and Mercedes, and we are the world's leading supplier of oil coolers for all types of automotive racing.  In addition, we supply manufacturers of many other types of vehicles, from Bobcat diggers, Husqvarna lawnmowers, and Wirtgen road construction machines, to Scania Buses and Volvo Buses. Our products are also used in a wide range of stationary applications, e.g. x-ray equipment and power generation equipment.

Design & Development Capabilities

The key to Setrab’s market position is our design and development capabilities. We are experts at aluminium heat exchanger design and we employ a staff of highly capable design engineers and production engineers at our head office in Sweden. Our capabilities include Catia v5, Autodesk Inventor, FEM, Kuli, and EDI data exchange via OFTP2. We also have an in-house lab facility for testing and validating our products' heat rejection performance and resistance to corrosion, vibration, pressure and temperature cycling.

 

 

Project Management Capabilities

We manage customer projects using the APQP model, including PPAP, FMEA, SPC and MSA. We know that time is often of the essence in customer projects and we have worked hard to streamline our customer project process to achieve very short lead times.

Manufacturing Capabilities

Setrab has been using the Nocolok brazing process (controlled atmosphere brazing) to produce aluminium oil coolers since the early 1980s. 100% of our products are pressure and leak tested using a helium-based process to guarantee product integrity.

 

Quality & Environmental Management Systems

 

Setrab operates a unified management system for quality, environment and workplace. The management system has been audited by Bureau Veritas and found to be in accordance with the requirements of the ISO/TS 16949 and ISO 14001 standards. Certificates can be found here.

 

Setrab is committed to a 0-fault strategy and works towards a target of 100-30-0 in all customer projects (100% delivery performance 30 days from SOP and 0 fault).

Setrab Production System

Setrab’s Production System (SPS) is a framework for systematically eliminating waste and driving quality and productivity improvement. It provides values, principles, and tools to manage, measure, and improve Setrab’s key processes. SPS was launched as a group-wide program in 2007 and it has enabled us to achieve a 75% reduction in manufacturing lead times and a 50% reduction in internal scrap rates over the last couple of years.

Corporate Social Responsibility

Setrab is committed to a code of conduct when we do business and interact with our stakeholders. We consistently conduct business with integrity and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Our code of conduct is based on the UN Global Compact and describes our business principles, environmental principles, and human rights and workplace practice.