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AUTOMATED Industrial Machinery Inc
(AIM) and T Butler Engineering Ltd
(TBE) have formed a strategic alliance
enabling wire component
manufacturers to be more productive.
The two companies will join forces to
market solutions that join AIM’s smart
CNC machines with TBE’s high volume
production and customised turnkey
solutions, offering a unique proposition
to prospective customers around the
globe.
Commencing in Q2 2017, both
companies will offer each other’s
solutions, with AIM also providing
support for TBE customers in North
and South America.
The two market leaders in high speed
wire component machine
manufacturing are teaming up to
deliver a complete customer service
solution, from highly technological
software support to an integrated,
intelligent and fast production
experience.
“Nothing is more important than
making our customers more
productive,” said Constantine
Grapsas, president of AIM Inc.
“We are thrilled to announce this
strategic alliance with TBE, which will
simplify the customer experience
across sales, service and support and
empower our mutual customers to be
far more productive.”
Thomas Butler, managing director of
TBE, Ireland, said: “We are delighted to
formally announce this strategic
alliance with AIM Inc. We believe that
we can combine TBE’s niche capability
for complex and integrated projects
with AIM’s smart bending solutions
and vast presence in the United
States; together offering an
unparalleled level of manufacturing
capability and flexibility to our mutual
customers, serving the market
together on a truly innovative
platform.”
AIM has headquarters in the USA with
a second location in Europe.
Committed to innovation, quality and
rapid response tech support, it
manufactures a broad line of wire
bending machines, from below 1mm to
over 25mm wire diameters.
TBE Ltd has headquarters in Ireland
and provides high quality, customised,
high speed wire forming, spring
making and special purpose
production equipment from 1mm to
12mm wire diameters.
AIM Inc – USA
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T Butler Engineering Ltd – Ireland
Website:
Herbert Freyre joined Miltec at the end of September
2016 as a manufacturing engineer and was recently
promoted to manufacturing engineering manager.
He has years of experience in several industries,
including aerospace and oil and gas. Mr Freyre has a
diverse set of skills that he uses to define
manufacturing processes while working closely with
production staff.
He has experience with cost reduction, continuous
improvement, training of staff, quality systems, and
equipment maintenance and reliability. He has a BS
Degree in mechanical engineering from Catholic
University of Peru. He also has an MBA and holds a
Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt Certification.
Bob Blandford, Miltec’s president, said: “We are
fortunate to have found such a talented individual to
support our growth and development.”
Miltec UV – USA
Website:
AIM looking to the future
New role for Herbert at Miltec
❍ Herbert Freyre