UK investment boosts engineering service centre capability
22/11/2018 Rubix
Following significant investment in the UK market, Brammer Buck & Hickman, the UK's leading industrial supplies specialist, is celebrating the opening of a new engineering service centre. The first in a series of openings planned across the UK, these centres of excellence offer specialist workshop, repair and engineering services designed to reduce downtime and increase efficiency for customers nationwide.National coverage, local expertise
The new centre is based in Wolverhampton and serves our customers via our extensive network of 49 branches nationwide. As well as unrivalled practical engineering skills - which include gearbox, pump and motor repair, condition monitoring, vibration analysis and thermal imaging, customers will have our experts available to them to help minimise repair downtime and offer advice on process and efficiency improvements. With three centres now fully operational, and more to follow over the coming months, the centres allow Brammer Buck & Hickman to provide engineering expertise on a local basis throughout the whole of the UK.
Product proving centre offers precision machining expertise
The Engineering Service Centre in Wolverhampton is also home to the company's new Product Proving Centre. Using state of the art HAAS CNC machines and CAD software, the Proving Centre can be used to investigate high precision components and look at the best way of manufacturing them, as well as offering advice on the most efficient tooling options.
Nigel Banks, Managing Director of Value-Added Service and Mergers and Acquisitions at Brammer Bick & Hickman, commented, "Brammer Buck & Hickman are well known for the provision of industrial supplies. The investment in our engineering centres is part of a wider move towards adding value to the customer experience by offering access to comprehensive service to support the maintenance and repair of production machinery."
Andy Batey, Head of Engineering, continued, "We're really excited about the new engineering centres. They are the culmination of a programme of ongoing investment in the business which will enable us to extend the reach of our engineering expertise and to support our growth across the country. Most importantly, the centres offer customers improved access to the services offered - all of which are geared towards reducing costs and improving efficiency in their businesses."
Simon Pearson, Category Manager Machining, added, "The Product Proving Centre is a particularly exciting addition as it enables us to prove that the latest cutting tool technology and machining techniques can deliver cost saving, whilst reducing downtime. This is ideal for customers who need high precision, efficient tooling solutions. By demonstrating how product and fluid innovations can reduce machining times per component and increase the product life of cutting tools reducing downtime customer can see for themselves the savings available to them without the need to stop their own production to carry out tests "
International expertise across the group
The centre openings are part of a programme of investment in the business, which has seen the company rebrand and strengthen its association with the wider Rubix group. Rubix has a presence in 23 countries and, as the largest MRO distributor in the European market, can offer customers the very best products, best lead-times and competitive pricing.
For more information on Brammer Buck and Hickman please visit: www.brammerbuckandhickman.com
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