NewsDesk Deals, Openings, Acquisitions, Partnerships, Orders, Expansions, Awards United Grinding Gets Aggressive: Five New Machines T
HUN, SWITZERLAND – Nearly 2000 manufacturing professionals from more than 40 countries gathered in this scenic lake city, with commanding views of the Bernese Alps, for the third Grinding Symposium of the United Grinding Group, the world leader in advanced grinding technologies.
Previously known as Körber Schleifring, the company recently rebranded itself as United Grinding Group, with the tagline “Körber Solutions,” in the fall of 2013, part of a strat- egy to reorient the global marketing of its eight brands, which includes Mägerle, Blohm and Jung for surface and profile grinding; Studer, Schaudt and Mikrosa for cylindrical grinding; and Walter and Ewag for tool grinding. During a packed press conference in an audito- rium at the Thun Expo, Stephan Nell, CEO of United Grinding Group, painted a glowing picture of the company’s financial performance and laid out an exciting vision for the Group’s future –celebrating the launch of five all-new or updated advanced machines at the symposium. What’s more, Nell said the company will expand on its leadership in grinding by strategically adding other non-grinding processes to its machines and portfolio in the future, part of its focus to offer more efficient, smart production solutions to its customers. Nell said the company was open to adding these technologies through acquisition in addition to its own development. “In the past, the main priority was optimal design of the grinding process,” he said. But given the extreme precision of today’s machines, innovation is now coming
This approach toward smart multifunction machines should help keep the United Grinding Group on a path toward continued success.
Nell said 2013 was the second most successful in the
Group’s history, with a turnover of more than 500 million euros. That success was driven by the company’s business, which is diversified globally and by industry. While 24% of the Group’s or- ders are from Germany, 23% are from the US, 18% are from Western Europe and 17%
are from China, with the balance coming from other regions. Automotive and tooling business makes up nearly half of those orders, with the rest split among the aerospace, energy, tool and die making, precision mechanics and other industries. The company is also putting a renewed focus on its customer service and is doing a customer service satisfac-
United Grinding will expand on its leadership in grinding by strategically adding other non-grinding processes to its machines and portfolio.
in other areas. For example, the company now offers a Mägerle machine that Nell said “is in principle no longer a grinding machine, but a grinding-machining center, which can also mill, turn and drill. … This results in real leaps in productivity.”
tion survey for its eight brands in an effort to improve. United Grinding already provides support with more than 50 expert help lines and more than 250 service technicians worldwide. In all, the company has 2200 employees, 450 of which are employed in its customer care operations.
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