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News Release from: ESAB
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 17 February 2006
Welding distributor celebrates 10 years
Having been an ESAB Group distributor for almost all of its ten years in business, Eagle Welding and Engineering Supplies has recently celebrated its anniversary, and now has GBP 3 million turnover.
Eagle Welding and Engineering Supplies has recently celebrated its tenth anniversary, having grown from nothing to a thriving business with a staff of eight and a turnover of nearly GBP 3 million The company has been an ESAB Group distributor for almost all of its ten years in business, supplying customers with equipment and consumables from all of the ESAB Group brands - Murex, ESAB, Filarc and BIG
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 29 Jan 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Eagle has earned itself a strong reputation across a variety of industries.
It is a major supplier to Heerema Offshore (a fabricator of oil rigs), Swan Hunter (a shipbuilder), plus it has supplied Severfield Reeve for the new Arsenal football stadium and numerous contractors have purchased equipment from Eagle for work on the already famous arch over the new Wembley stadium.
Barry Wyse, ESAB's district sales manager, comments: "Eagle is one of our most successful ESAB Group distributors, which I attribute to the highly professional attitude and extremely knowledgeable staff.
The company has always been a pleasure to trade with, so we offer ESAB's congratulations and look forward to continuing this fruitful relationship." Tom Brown, one of the three directors at Eagle Welding and Engineering Supplies, says: "Murex, ESAB, Filarc and BIG are the strongest, best known brands in the field of welding.
Customers truly appreciate this, as well as the good technical support and the leading-edge, innovative equipment and consumables that are launched on a continual basis." He continues: "As a distributor, we also benefit from the strong branding, as the products virtually sell themselves; the EASB Group always seems to have the right products available at the right time and at the right price." Brown says: "In addition, it helps us to support our customers when we know that we will always be able to get any technical support that we need; the global company has such a vast knowledge base that we are not reliant on any particular individuals, which gives a level of stability that is rarely found in any but the largest and best organised manufacturers. Request free introductory details about products from ESAB ...
ESAB will definitely continue to play a key role as Eagle Welding and Engineering Supplies enters its next ten years in business.".
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