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Alan Pickering

Unison Ltd, a UK-based manufacturer of tube and pipe bending machines, has acquired wire and small tube bending machinery maker Pneuform, for an undisclosed sum. Unison states that the acquisition underpins its position as a manufacturer of tube and pipe bending technologies and paves the way for the company to become a key provider of machinery to the international wire bending and coil forming sectors. As a member of the Unison family, Pneuform will benefit from direct access to the advancements that Unison has brought to tube and pipe manipulation. “We have known the team at Pneuform for many years and are hugely impressed by their product range, extensive knowledge of wire-forming technologies, and high levels of customer care,” said Alan Pickering, Unison Ltd’s joint managing director. “In welcoming Pneuform to the Unison family, we look forward to enhancing the business’s existing, excellent machine tool range with our advanced, user friendly control systems and simulation software. With our locations in the north of the UK and in the Midlands, and with Pneuform’s HQ in the south of the country, we also look forward to providing Pneuform’s British customers with even higher levels of service.” The Pneuform name will be retained. Mr Pickering added, “To ensure that Pneuform is able to further develop its position as a leader in wire and small tube bending machines, we have a number of new machine tool technologies in the pipeline. We are convinced these new machines will be of particular interest to organisations producing tubular components for the automotive, EV, electronics, solar energy and refrigeration industries.” Pneuform’s range of wire bending machines includes rotary head models, flat rotary line bending machines and enamelled wire bending machines. Available in two- and three-axis versions, Pneuform machines cater for outside tube diameters ranging from 3 to 11mm in stainless steel, and 3 to 15mm in copper. Unison Ltd www.unisonltd.com

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