SMP Parts joins Open-S Alliance as full member

By MEq January 12, 2022 17:43

The demand for fully automatic quick couplers on excavators continues to grow globally. Open-S is a common standard for the hydraulic interface between quick coupler, tiltrotator, and attachments. With an open standard, machine operators and contractors can more easily choose quick couplers, tiltrotators, and work tools from manufacturers that are in compliance with the standard, and be confident that they will work together.

SMP Parts is a manufacturer of tiltrotators and quick couplers with complete mounting systems for excavators. The company operates in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Germany, England, US, and the Benelux countries, with a number of dealers in each country. All development and manufacturing are carried out in the main headquarters and factory in Ilsbo, Sweden.

“Standardization is an important part of improving both the user experience and the enhanced safety of our customers. By becoming members of the Open-S Alliance we take our responsibility in creating one global standard whereby the safety of products must never be compromised”, says Patrik Lindqvist, CEO and President of SMP Parts.

”We have had a clear goal at SMP Parts, to be one of the suppliers included in the Open-S Alliance, precisely because it both increases our competitiveness and because it gives our end customers more opportunities to use SMP products”, says Mattias Andersson, Chief Technical Officer at SMP Parts.

The Open-S Alliance is a manufacturer-independent organization working to safeguard global interchangeability of hydraulic-powered work tools and attachments for excavators. Memberships are in three levels going from Full Member, Associate Member to Supporting member depending on if Open-S products are developed, produced inhouse, or sourced. SMP Parts joins as Full member.

SMP Parts upgrades product branding
SMP Parts is changing the colors of the tiltrotators, from RAL 5010 which is a light blue, to RAL 5011 which is a darker more premium blue color and is also reducing the gloss. We also adjust our current gray color to a more neutral gray color with reduced gloss. The claws on the tiltrotators also go from bright red to being painted in the same gray color as the other gray details on the tiltrotators.

„We maintain the focus on durability, safety, and quality, and this might be considered a minor change, but adjusting the color and above all adjusting so that the gloss value is lower makes the products even more resistant to scratches and dirt and reduces the risk of disturbing reflections. This in turn increases the quality of our products and further increases safety”, says Patrik Lindqvist, President and CEO of SMP Parts.
In connection with the colors being adjusted, the product branding such as signs and stickers will also be replaced with new ones with the company’s new logo.