EuroWire January 2024

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WireMasters continues expansion with UK sales and distribution centre

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“Our European team has done a great job servicing customers and growing our presence in that region for several years,” said Richard Farris, chief operating officer for WireMasters. “We celebrate their outstanding contribution as we open this new facility and add a strong inventory position to our UK offering.” Nick Aubrey, WireMasters sales director, EMEA, commented, “We are absolutely delighted to extend our European footprint further into the UK and I feel very proud of what the WireMasters team has achieved to get us to this point. “Our team possess many years of industry experience and we are excited to continue our ethos of having everything in your harness on our shelves at locations that are close to the point of customer consumption.” WireMasters, Inc www.wiremasters.com

WireMasters is to move its UK operations from its former sales office in Old Town, Swindon, to a new sales and distribution centre in an 11,000-square-foot facility in Dorcan Industrial Estate, Swindon. In addition to office space for its growing sales and product management teams, the expansion brings extensive value added capabilities and strategic stocking of wire and cable products, Mil-Spec connectors and accessories, a variety of harness management products, various VG-spec material, and inventory dedicated to supporting local vendor managed inventory (VMI) partnerships. Now in its 35 th year, and with nearly a dozen locations globally, this is not the company’s first expansion into Europe. In 2017, it acquired Dannewitz GmbH & Co (DKG) to serve as its European headquarters, and has since operated additional sales offices across the UK, Turkey and beyond.

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