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News Release from: TM Robotics (Europe)
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 December 2004
UK robot expert adds a European
perspective
Nigel Smith, MD of TM Robotics, has moved to reinforce robot sales figures issued by Warwick University-based British Automation and Robot Association (BARA).
Nigel Smith, MD of TM Robotics, has moved to reinforce robot sales figures issued by Warwick University-based British Automation and Robot Association (BARA) Smith's company exclusively represents Toshiba Machine, one of the world's leading robot manufacturers, in Europe
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 20 Aug 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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As a result, he is aware of every Toshiba Machine robot sold across the continent.
"In the UK we are very aware of the potential of robots in the automotive industry, as is demonstrated by the fact that over 400 of BARA's reported robot sales are from car plants in Oxford," said Smith.
"However, in other industries we lag behind.
For instance, there remains enormous potential for the food, electronics, plastics, packaging, pharmaceutical and laboratory industries." "Furthermore, in the UK these industries trail European counterparts in their take up of robotics.
In other countries, notably Italy and Germany, there are industries outside automotive.
In fact, attitudes in these countries toward industrial robots is also reflected in their take up of service robots," concluded Smith.
"However, The fact that there were 507 machines sold in the UK in the third quarter of 2004 is very encouraging. Request free introductory details about products from TM Robotics (Europe) ...
Furthermore, it is no small part due to the excellent work BARA does promoting understanding of our industry.".
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