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24 January 2014
Industry News
Herber and Soco
in collaboration
HERBER Engineering AB of Varnamo,
Sweden, and Soco Machinery Company
Ltd of Taichung City, Taiwan, have
announced a newly formed collaboration
in various European and Asian markets.
The partnership will help to broaden
Herber’s product portfolio via a unique
partnership with the specialist in tube
forming and cutting machines, and will
further expand the range of Soco’s tube
fabrication machinery.
Herber currently manufactures its
own line of high-end CNC tube and
pipe bending machines, which will be
complemented by Soco’s range of
tube bending, forming and laser cutting
machines for most countries in Europe.
Herber will be directly responsible
for service, as well as spare parts and
production of bend tools for Soco prod-
ucts in select European countries, and
will assume full responsibility for Soco’s
European customers in these countries.
Soco will promote Herber’s range of
CNC tube and pipe bending machines
to new and existing customers in Asia.
Herber Engineering AB – Sweden
Fax: +46 370 156 25
Email:
Website:
Soco Machinery Co, Ltd – Taiwan
Fax: +886 4 23592386
Email:
Website:
OMS appoints chief
technology officer
OPTICALMetrology Services (OMS) has
appointed Peter Day as the company’s
chief technology officer (CTO). Based at
OMS’s UK office in Bishop’s Stortford,
Mr Day will lead the tools division, and
will sit on the OMS board of directors.
Mr Day’s responsibilities include all
technical aspects of OMS tools, including
managing the delivery of measurement
and inspection tools used by OMS
operators. He will also manage the
team responsible for delivering analysis
and statistical reports to customers
and for evaluating existing and new
technologies. He brings a wealth of
experience in technical and business
management, including a successful
track record in business re-engineering
and continuous improvement at several
blue chip companies. He also has
a strong technical background, with
previous roles as a design engineer,
draughtsman, mechanical engineer and
materials/manufacturing engineer.
Commenting on his appointment,
Mr Day said, “I am very excited to be
joining the OMS team. These guys have
a passion for innovation and customer
service that I admire greatly. I am looking
forward to focussing their energy on new
and existing product developments – so
watch this space.”
OMS is a specialist measurement
technology company that provides
measurement services and precision
measurement systems to the oil and gas
industry. A key focus for the company is
in the dimensional measurement of oil
and gas pipes or other similar structures
such as aero engines, process industry
tubes or manufactured cylindrical
objects, where dimensions are critical.
Optical Metrology Services Ltd – UK
Fax: +44 8700 940014
Email:
Website:
Peter Day