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News Release from: Unimatic Engineers
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 January 2007
Engineering firm sells motors, drives
division
Intending to major on rapid prototyping and CNC machining, Unimatic Engineers, UK, has sold its motors, drives and linear actuator busines to Micromech.
Unimatic Engineers has sold its motors, drives and linear division for an undisclosed sum to Micromech of Braintree, UK, so that it can concentrate on its core activities of rapid prototyping and CNC machining Micromech is a leading UK supplier of controls, servo/stepping motors and drives as well as associated motion products
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 29 Nov 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Furthermore two of Unimatic's key end highly experienced salesmen, Terry Gibbins and Jim McPhail, will be joining Micromech.
The transition took place in late December, 2006, and was in operation at Micromech as of January 2nd 2007.
Unimatic was founded over 40 years ago to supply industry with motion control and automation products (it is this business which it has sold to Micromech).
Over recent years, Unimatic has moved its focus to a product portfolio which it sees as core to the future of design, prototyping and manufacturing in the UK, including the generation of future skills which industry will require.
From now on, Unimatic will be focusing exclusively on the activities of its other two divisions as below.
* Machines Division.
Laser cutting / engraving equipment.
Rapid prototyping machines.
Laser scanning systems.
CAD/CAM software.
This combination of products enables UK designers and manufacturers to get their products quickly to market, and manufacture short runs flexibly.
Unimatic sells these products to many markets in the industrial arena and also to the education market.
Target markets include medical, dentistry, jewellery and automotive.
Customers include such companies as Dyson (they have invested in Unimatic machines both in R and D and in manufacturing) - companies at the cutting edge of design and innovation.
In education, it is a major supplier to secondary schools of equipment for the Design and Technology curriculum, as well as to various departments in colleges and universities.
* Micro-technology Division Piezo-motors.
Piezo-actuators.
Piezo-motor driven systems.
Unimatic is leading the field in providing motorised solutions to companies working in the growing fields of micro- and nano-technology, offering a number of solutions based around the application of the piezo-electric effect to generate high accuracy movements in fields such as micro-electronics and medical devices.
Unimatic is delighted that Micromech is the purchaser of its Automation Division, as Micromech has had many years of experience in this area, and will therefore be able to continue to provide Unimatic's customers with the same high level of support and expertise, as well as ensuring product and technological continuity. Request free introductory details about products from Unimatic Engineers ...
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