The grand opening of the new DMG/Mori Seiki UK headquarters and technical centre in Middlemarch, Coventry, in 2012 was the culmination of nine months of planning and co-operation. During the five-day event, which featured individual days dedicated to the aerospace, automotive, oil and gas and energy sectors, DMG/Mori Seiki welcomed over 550 guests.
The new facility extends to 3,189m
2 and includes a showroom of 1,225m
2 (housing around 13 machines under power at any one time), a dedicated CMM room (in partnership with Hexagon Metrology) and secure facilities for the development of confidential processes.
Dr Schmidt, member of the Gildemeister board and responsible for sales, service and IT, said: “This is a very exciting opportunity for DMG/Mori Seiki. The investment decisions for many global production centres are made by UK companies, and this facility allows us to be involved early on in their future business plans — not just for the machine tool, but for the complete manufacturing process and its implications for the objectives of the customer.”
DMG/Mori Seiki UK’s managing director, Steve Finn, said: “This is a historic day for the company. It puts us on a global platform in the fast-paced high-technology marketplace. We have 3,000 aerospace customers in the UK, including the leading companies within the industry. The aerospace supply chain extends to a further 13,000 companies.
“Similarly, the automotive industry alone supports 170,000 people working directly in manufacturing, while motor-sport develops a new component every 20min, which gives some idea of the scale of the engineering
industry.
“In this environment, suppliers within each sector need to react to their customers. Some 60% of our clients have 50 employees or less and our portfolio of machines will enable us to develop and verify innovative chip-forming processes that will build confidence and add value to business development programmes.”