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News Release from: 600 Centre
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 January 2007
Fuji names European distributor for
lathes
The UK-based 600 Centre is to represent Fuji Machine Tools as its Project Management Centre and to distribute Fuji automated lathes throughout Europe.
600 Centre has been appointed by Fuji Machine Tools, the largest supplier of automated lathes to the automotive industry, to represent the Japanese company throughout Europe This important appointment, negotiated at the recent JIMTOF machine tool exhibition in Japan by 600 Group Chief Executive, Andrew Dick and 600 Centre managing director, Ray Grocock, will elevate the 600 Centre to become the Project Management Centre to co-ordinate the operations of the leading Japanese machine tool builder throughout Europe utilising the network of 600 Group companies such as 600 International in Prague and its distributors
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 11 Apr 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Said Andrew Dick: "This is a milestone set in place as part of the 600 Group strategy that is developing global partnerships with leading international companies that complement our portfolio of business interests.
But in particular, the signing of this agreement with such a leading company in machine tool engineering broadens 600 Centre operations into the highly sophisticated and demanding production environment of the automotive sector." Adding his comment from 600 Centre perspective, Grocock maintained this decision by Fuji Machine significantly builds the company capability as a solution provider in turnkey engineering project expertise that is well established in the aerospace, off-road, medical and tier 1 and 2 suppliers to these sectors.
He said: "This will involve serious business.
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Last year, Fuji Machine sold 1,250 machines to the automotive bearing and transmission sectors worldwide and has some 4,300 installations in Toyota's global automotive operations and suppliers." But 600 Group is not going blind into the European market with Fuji.
600 Machine Tools in Canada has already established a very successful operation having represented the machine tool builder in that country for the last seven years.
For the Shepshed, Leicestershire, operations of 600 Centre, the new agreement will involve sales and project management of turnkey installations, detailed application engineering in conjunction with Fuji technical and automotive engineers and the provision of service support to all new and current installations throughout Europe.
In addition to new machine supply, there are a number of retooling projects involving re-engineering of existing installations including the Japanese automotive transplant factories throughout Europe which will be a further boost to 600 Centre presence in this sector.
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