First Pollard open house was well attended

Pollard's first open house at Mori Seiki's new Slough technical centre proved to be a well attended event, with visitors from aerospace, automotive, medical and general subcontracting.

Pollard's first open house at Mori Seiki's new Slough, UK, technical centre, in 2005, proved to be a popular and well attended event, with delegates from a wide range of industries including aerospace, automotive, medical and general subcontracting.

The centre is aimed at servicing the South of England, offering a permanent display of Mori Seiki machines featuring the Supermiller and those which have DCG (Driven at the Centre of Gravity) capability.

The technology, unique to Mori Seiki, provides a superior surface finish and enables the machine to accelerate and decelerate far more quickly by eliminating the majority of out of balance vibrational forces.

The open house was held in conjunction with Jemtech, Nikken, FSE, Kennemetal and Sandvik enabling visitors to maximise the use of their day by evaluating auxiliary equipment at the same time.

Steve Coull from Jemtech said, "The open house was a good opportunity for us to cement our relationship with Pollard, and demonstrates Pollard's commitment to add technical and commercial value to the sale of the machine tool by offering Cleanmist units and Blaser Swisslube cutting fluids." Jay Roche, Managing Director of FSE, was similarly enthusiastic, "It is a valuable opportunity to meet Pollard's customers and to get feedback on new coolant filtration and chip management systems, helping us to drive our development in accordance with customer's requirements." Local Mori Seiki service and support is provided by seven engineers based in Slough.

Additionally, there is spares support; direct links to the Mori Seiki factory in Japan; training facilities for up to 40 people; and facilities for machine demonstrations and cutting trials.

Steve Finn, Pollard's National Sales Manager said, "The early morning opening was appreciated by our visitors, enabling them to find out more about the Mori Seiki range and view the Slough centre without interrupting their busy work schedules.".

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