Citizen Machinery UK is to open a new regional office, applications engineering and machine showroom in the West Midlands to further enhance its customer service offerings and to provide users with a significant machine preparation service to support the growing number of high-value automated turnkey solutions being handled by the company.
Citizen Machinery UK’s new site will include a 600 m2 showroom as well as facilities for preparing machines and turnkey systems for installation
The circa £2 million investment on a 1.1-acre site at the Hurst Business Park in Brierley Hill, near Birmingham, will include a 600 m2 showroom. Construction is scheduled to start in early 2018 and the new facility is expected to be officially opened late next year.
Deputy managing director Darren Wilkins says: This important new facility in the heart of the country will complement our existing Citizen Machinery UK headquarters and showroom for Cincom (Citizen) and Miyano machines in Bushey, Watford and will play an important role in serving the modern-day demands of our growing customer base.”
The existing headquarters/showroom, where the majority of office-based staff are located, was, he says, designed for the traditional Citizen sliding head business and, now, additional showroom space is required to support the increasing demand for the company’s 51 mm and 64 mm bar capacity turning centres.
“Machinery and accessories will be prepared on-site in Brierley Hill to satisfy the growing number of UK and Ireland OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers and subcontractors requiring immediate installations to satisfy new business,” adds Darren Wilkins.
“We live in a fast-changing world where we increasingly face requests for machine deliveries often within two weeks, rather than order lead times of two to three months, which used to be the case. The new facility will allow us to prepare more machinery and installations in advance of orders, which will inevitably help our customers win new business!’’
He adds that, following the UK merger of Citizen and Miyano in 2011, Citizen Machinery UK has experienced significant growth and is now well established as a European turning centre of excellence, acting as a distribution hub for Cincom and Miyano machinery throughout the UK and Ireland, Western Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
“The investment in the UK Citizen group company shows the confidence that Citizen Japan has in the new UK management team and in the UK,” he concludes.
Citizen Machinery UK Ltd
Tel: 01923 691500
Email: dwilkins@citizenmachinery.co.uk
www.citizenmachinery.co.uk