Mitsui Seiki USA Inc has appointed Market Harborough-based Kyal Machine Tools Ltd (www.kyalmachinetools.co.uk) as its exclusive representative for machine tool sales and service in the UK and Ireland.

The companies will exhibit together at the MACH 2020 exhibition (20-24 April).

Thomas Dolan, vice-president (sales and marketing) of Mitsui Seiki USA, said: “Kyal Machine Tools has a long history, selling and servicing high-end machine tools such as ours.

"The company’s capabilities and reputation among many common clients made this decision ideal to support our on-going business in this important market-place.

"This is a win for our customers in the region, as Kyal is a first-class operation and aligned with our own superior standards for precision machine tool building, applications engineering and on-going support.”

Established in 1985, Kyal Machine Tools has been owned and managed by Simon Pollard and his wife Hilary since 2006.

Mr Pollard said: “What makes Kyal different from other machine tool distributors in the region is that we represent only the very best machine tools in their classes — machines that offer application-oriented high-value solutions for machining critical components in aerospace, oil and gas, energy, automotive, medical and other high-precision sectors.

"As such, Mitsui Seiki complements our offerings very well.”