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Team on 24 November 2006
UK machine tool firm appoints managing
director
Ray Grocock has been appointed managing director of 600 Centre, charged to oversee the full integration of the 600 Group UK machine tools sales operation.
Ray Grocock has been appointed managing director of 600 Centre, charged to oversee the full integration of the 600 Group UK sales operation that has been expanded to include sales, service and customer support of the newly branded and merged product lines of Colchester-Harrison multi-axis turning centres, lathes and vertical machining centres Said 600 Group chief executive Andrew Dick: "The 600 Centre now offers the widest range of machine tools in the UK that span high, medium and short batch production as well as equipment for the toolmaking sector
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 22 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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It is now the UK hub for the Group's turning and milling machine tools that will be marketed alongside leading international machine tool names such as Fanuc, Fuji, Toyoda Mitsui Seiki, Okamoto and Joemars." One of the important services linked to 600 Centre's success has been its wide ranging capability to application engineer turnkey solutions across aerospace, automotive, bearing, subcontract and toolmaking sectors, to which Dick added, referencing Grocock's appointment: "His considerable experience with both customers and our principals and the ability to direct the team at 600 Centre to achieve such high levels of success in value added solutions is critical in his new role which takes on much wider responsibilities." Grocock joined the 600 Centre operation at Shepshed, Loughborough, in 1994 as product manager grinding machines before being promoted to sales director.
In this role, he championed the move of the business into being a strong turnkey application engineering specialist capable of adding value to stand-alone machine tools from leading international suppliers.
This led to projects being won for cells and systems worth up to GBP 4.5 million and a tremendous level of repeat business that resulted in his elevation to general manager in 2005.
Over the last 12 months Grocock has integrated the Toyoda Mitsui Seiki range of cells and systems into the 600 Centre operation and been an important link in the winning of several major turnkey projects in the aerospace and off-road sectors.
He was also instrumental with Andrew Dick in negotiating the Fuji agency of high production turning machines.
Within the 600 Centre strategy will be expansion of the three technical centres at Shepshed, Heckmondwike in West Yorkshire and with RK International based in Erith, Kent.
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