Roller Team Factory Tour
During my recent trip to Tuscany, Italy where I attended the Roller Team Dealer Launch 2020 season preview. I had the opportunity to tour the Roller Team factory. It was a fascinating insight into the Italian work culture, a lean production line and just how the Italians differ to us Brits!
I once again met Paolo Bicci, managing director for Roller Team and member of the executive board of the Trigano Group and met some of the staff from the factory floor.
Let’s dive deep into the Roller Team factory.
Roller Team Factory Tour
Roller Team Factory Tour Stage 0
Roller Team Factory Tour Stage 1
The chassis arrive. At the time, there were only a few hundred chassis left. Each August, the factory shuts down for several weeks. Given this tour happened at the end of the season and the start of the next, this wasn’t a surprise. The initial stage is where the chassis extension is fitted. It is from this point the vehicles are slowly and continuously moved through the production line to have their fixtures and fittings installed.
Roller Team Factory Tour Stage 2
The chassis arrive. At the time, there were only a few hundred chassis left. Each August, the factory shuts down for several weeks. Given this tour happened at the end of the season and the start of the next, this wasn’t a surprise. The initial stage is where the chassis extension is fitted. It is from this point the vehicles are slowly and continuously moved through the production line to have their fixtures and fittings installed.
Roller Team Factory Tour Stage 3
The motorhome is built from the inside out. With the floor being laid with fixings for future cabinets and storage solutions.
Roller Team Factory Tour Stage 4
Roller Team Factory Tour Stage 5
Do you know which Roller Team models have the island bed layout? Part of the production line is that everything is built ready to install at the appropriate time. Wasting no time on the factory floor, ensuring motorhomes gets through each stage on time!
Roller Team Factory Tour Stage 9
The habitation build is coming along very nicely. The fridge is installed, the heating has been piped through as well as the dropdown beds and overhead lockers.
Roller Team Factory Tour Stage 12
Can you guess the model? At stage 12 the habitation has come a long way and the side walls are being prepared to be installed.
Roller Team Factory Tour Stage 17
At this stage the side walls have been installed and the back wall is being prepared.
The motorhome side walls and rear are being prepared to be sealed.
Each stage has a time frame and at this point the sealant throughout the motorhome has been applied. At this point, all the accessories such as the ladders for the various bed types have been placed into the motorhome.
At this point the various stages are unknown. Below are different aspects of the production line. Everything is built and prepared at the Roller Team factory ready for assemble. The motorhome is also taken to different parts of the compound outside of the main production line.
For those of you that don’t know. Roller Team have a vast network of dealers across the UK and aboard, the various models you’ve seen above are comparable to their UK counterpart. An example of this are the Roller Team Livingstone models, the UK models are called Toleno. Another great example is this years “SPORT” edition. The SPORT has been in the European market as the Kronos 290 M for several years.
Nearing Conclusion
There are many more stages involved in building a motorhome, however I think we have covered most of nitty-gritty aspects of the build and additional photos are available to view on Facebook.
