WCA July 2017

Industry news

AIM looking to the future

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 Website : www.aimmachines.com T Butler Engineering Ltd – Ireland Website : www.tbe.ie

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

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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 : www.miltec.com New role for Herbert at Miltec

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