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News Release from: Thompson Friction Welding | Subject: Friction welding machines orders
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 February 2008
More orders for friction welding
machines won
UK manufacturer of a wide range of friction welding machines and systems reports lately winning over GBP 5 million in orders from construction machine builders.
Thompson Friction Welding, Halesowen, UK has won GBP 5 million worth of new business for seven new friction welding machines from many of the top international makers of construction machine components, including Caterpillar Four of the machines have been supplied to customers in Europe, the United States and the Far East including two Caterpillar plants
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 3 Dec 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Subcontract friction welding investment
Thompson, the friction welding specialist, has boosted its flourishing sub-contract service with a GBP750,000 investment programme, which has included the installation of new machinery.
The remainder will shortly be delivered to manufacturers based in South America and Asia.
The machines are specially designed to friction weld a variety of hydraulic cylinder piston rods in a wide range of diameters from 20-130mm.
Thompson told manufacturingtalk.com that its success in producing versatile, robust equipment for friction welding construction machine parts is owed to its continued investment in research and development, and the skills of its engineering team.
"Thompson machines are continually developed so they offer the latest innovations for customers who want the very best in terms of product quality and integrity, especially for the manufacture of parts such as piston rods," explained Thompson's sales manager Nick Edge.
Thompson's engineering team has developed a series of new machine features that includes environment-friendly, low energy and quiet-running drives and a new linear track system for more streamlined operation of the weld head unit.
"Thompson has been producing equipment for construction machine makers for more than 40 years and it is the company's ongoing investment in innovation, which ensures Thompson's position at the forefront of the market," added Edge.
Established since the early 1960s, Thompson employs 100 staff at its two sites in Halesowen and has an annual turnover of around GBP 20 million.
It produces a range of friction welding machines for component manufacturers in the aerospace, automotive and oil exploration industries.
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