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EMMEGI (UK) CELEBRATES -YEAR ANNIVERSARY HAFFNER MURAT
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TARGETS FIT
SHOW
Haffner Murat has announced
it will be exhibiting at the FIT
Show , which will be held
‹-Œ May at the NEC
Birmingham.
Dave Thomas, managing
director of Haffner Murat,
said: “Like everyone in the
industry, I was disappointed
when FIT was
postponed, but in hindsight it
was the right decision.”
Haffner Murat supplies
and services a wide range of
automation machinery from
Haffner, Italmac and Fom
Industrie. A selection of the
machines will be on display at
its stand at FIT .
Headline fabrication
machinery includes the
SMR-‹ PVC-U welder, which,
according to Haffner, welds
four squares in less than a
minute and five H welds in
less than four minutes. The
FA ‹šŒ Heritage double sided
end milling machine mills two
joints in one operation, and is
designed to ‘dramatically
speed up’ the production
process. And for the
aluminium sector, the
AL/Πaluminium profile
machining centre carries out
all sawing, milling, drilling
and marking operations on
aluminium profiles. Dave
concluded: “I’m looking
forward to showing people
what our machines have to
offer working in the new
normal, as well as some
exciting new advances. The
FIT Show is a vital
opportunity to showcase
innovation and product
development.”
marks the tenth anniversary of
Emmegi (UK).
Originally set up with the intention
of supplying mostly manual machines
and small CNCs, with the occasional
automatic machine thrown in, Emmegi
(UK) has grown to become one of the
biggest players in the machinery sector.
It specialises in large, fully automatic
machines and medium to large CNCs,
and boasts a highly trained and
experienced team servicing customers
across the UK and Ireland.
While the Emmegi brand and
machines had been around in the UK
for many years, managing director, Ian
Latimer, says that it was only when the
company joined forces with Emmegi in
Italy in ‚, that it established its own
dedicated UK operation.
Ian explained: “Prior to that, Emmegi
was just one product range amongst
several supplied by a well-known
machinery merchant. Sales and service
were inevitably spread across lots of
different priorities and, while progress was
steady, there was a sense that Emmegi
could be a much bigger brand in the UK if
it had a dedicated team behind it.
“We knew that fabricators liked
the quality of the machines and the
precision engineering which went into
them; and we recognised that there was
a real opportunity to grow the brand in
the UK with the right team and the right
level of commitment.”
With the support of Emmegi’s owners
in Italy, Ian was the first employee of the
brand new Emmegi (UK) venture in July
‚, along with senior technician Garry
Barehead. The team has now grown to
include ‚6 employees working across
sales, servicing, spare parts and finance,
mostly based at the purpose-designed
headquarters in Coventry.
Ian added: “We have worked hard
over the last decade to build a team
packed with skills and experience and
we’re stronger now than we’ve ever
been. Our sales managers in the UK,
Martin Linnell and Andrew Jones, have
been with us almost since the beginning
and have a huge amount of market and
customer knowledge between them.
Similarly, our sales manager in Ireland,
Jim O’Connell, has been the driving force
behind our success story there since he
was appointed in ‚—.
“When it comes to service, our team
is now led by Wayne and Kully Hunter,
who are well known across the industry
and have vast amounts of specialist
operational experience which is directly
benefiting our customers.”
From a standing start in ‚,
Emmegi (UK) is now a multi-million
pound business, with a turnover five
times its original target. As well as the
quality of the machines and the global
resources of the Emmegi business in
Italy, Ian believes that the real secret
to its success has been hard work and
building long lasting relationships. He
explained: “After ‚ years, we’ve got
plenty of customers who are buying
their second, third and even fourth
machines from us. It feels good to know
that we have become their machinery
partners, trusted to provide the best
advice as well as the best service.
“What I’m especially proud of is the
reputation which Emmegi (UK) has
built. Customers know that they are our
priority and that we will always work hard
to make sure they have exactly the right
machine for their set up and look after
that machine properly once it is installed.
“We’re constantly investing and
improving, particularly in our service
and engineering departments, and we
are confident that the next ten years will
see us go from strength to strength.”
In the same year that Emmegi (UK)
celebrates its ‚th anniversary, Emmegi
in Italy is celebrating — years. Under
the Voilap Holding umbrella, Emmegi
reportedly continues to build and
acquire businesses which strengthen its
portfolio and it continues to support its
network of ‚‚ hubs including Emmegi
(UK).
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