TPT January 2014

Industry News

Herber and Soco in collaboration

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: info@herber.se Website: www.herber.se Soco Machinery Co, Ltd – Taiwan Fax: +886 4 23592386

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

Email: sales@soco.com.tw Website: www.soco.com.tw

OMS appoints chief technology officer

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: sales@omsmeasure.com Website: www.omsmeasure.com

Peter Day

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

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