Our people: Adrien Lacour

As a team leader in the milling and turning department at MAPAL France S.A.S., Adrien Lacour’s workdays are full of variety.

Adrien Lacour

Between being in the machine room and at the desk – a good team player must be able to play many positions. At the French site in Le Chambon-Feugerolles, Adrien Lacour acts as an important liaison between production and management for the milling and turning department.

“My responsibilities include material and tool procurement, preparing the manufactured parts for transfer to heat treatment, and organising my team’s shift schedule. I also work in manufacturing. I work pretty independently when it comes to overseeing my sector, so I have to know all the machines and their respective tolerances”, Adrien says, describing his sphere of activity at MAPAL S.A.S. France The head office at the Chambon-Feugerolles site, close to the city of Saint-Étienne, focuses on manufacturing multi-bladed reamers, drills and milling cutters made of solid carbide and PCD.

Working at MAPAL is Adrien’s first professional post. He was born in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. After his technical school leaving exam, he completed his Bachelor of Science, specialising in technical innovation and ecological design. He followed this degree up with two years of study in the industrialisation of mechanical processes. He began training as a turner at MAPAL in 2014 and became a permanent employee after completing his training. “Back then, I was looking for a company where I could work and study for a two-year vocational university programme that focused on putting theory into practice with a BTS technical diploma. I picked MAPAL because it offered me the perfect working environment with an organised and tidy workshop as well as the opportunity to discover the world of machining, which I didn't know anything at all about at the time”, Adrien remembers. He's just been promoted to team leader of the turning and milling department.

Setting the pace for production

His current duties involve both departmental management as well as machining. “At the moment, I’m responsible for manufacturing parts on a DMG MORI lathe and a BIGLIA lathe. At the same time, I manage and track manufacturing orders and procure material and tools for the machining department”, he says. Once a week he prepares the manufactured parts for transfer to heat treatment. Most of his colleagues in manufacturing work in two-shift operation. Some areas switch to three-shift operation if the workload is high.

“There is generally a very friendly atmosphere here with a well-structured and finely-tuned workflow”.

Training on every machine

Adrien Lacour working on the machine

He was especially pleased about his promotion because of the trust that has been put in him and because he has been given tasks with great responsibility and creative leeway. He is also expected to attain additional qualifications and expertise in his new position. By undergoing training on several machines, he hopes to add even more strings to his bow. “The company has taught me how to use a wide variety of machines, which has built up my skill set. I can now use all of the machinery in the machining sector and also harness the software for computerised construction and manufacturing”, Adrien explains. He also quite enjoys hands on work on the CNC lathe and milling cutter if he's needed there.

进步是激发创造的动力

Adrien认为他在多方面工作中的投入不仅让他更有效率,更让他感到取得成就后的满足感:“不断的进取激励着我,在工作的各个方面我都力求做得更好、不断努力强化和我的团队的合作,同时还要提高我的英语水平。这份工作的伟大之处在于,在繁忙的一天结束时,我可以切切实实地看到我所取得的成就。”这位年轻的法国人为自己设定的前进目标:面对未来他希望能够进一步优化团队的组织管理,推进法国本工厂的数字化进程,扩大机床园区并且招聘一些新的员工。

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