Mills CNC’s sales in 2009 top £25 million

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Mills CNC,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the exclusive distributor of Doosan machine tools in the UK and Ireland has announced that sales in 2009 exceeded £25M and that over 250 customers took delivery of new Doosan machine tools.
Nick Frampton, Mills’ managing director said, “Clearly we are delighted with our performance in 2009 and that customers reacted and responded so positively to the new and different initiatives we introduced during the Year. As far as 2010 is concerned - we will be launching new Doosan machines into the market in the very near future, (the first of these will be the new range of Doosan 5-axis machines that will come on-stream in February 2010), and will be developing more exciting initiatives that I’m confident will capture the imagination of customers.”
Reviewing 2009, the “better than expected” sales results, according to Nick Frampton, “demonstrate the continuing high demand for and popularity of Doosan machine tools, and the significant pulling power and strength of Mills’ after-sales services with UK and Irish precision manufacturers.”
The results also reflect the success of a number of innovations and initiatives introduced by Mills during the Year that helped stimulate sales and raise the profile (and market share) of both the Mills and Doosan brands.
“2009 was an important year for Mills. Despite the severe economic downturn, sales of our ever-popular Puma and Lynx lathes and turning centres remained strong - and our overall machine tool sales performance was boosted by the introduction of new machine models like the new Doosan DNM (Heidenhain-Controlled) range of vertical machining centres and the new range of Doosan horizontal machining centres - both of which took the market by storm.”
As well as launching new machines in 2009, Mills also introduced a number of machine tool initiatives and incentives such as the ‘SMART Options’ rental scheme. This allows customers to acquire and take advantage of having a new Doosan machine on a short-term basis - enabling them to defer the decision to either purchase the machine outright, continue renting or return the machine until after the initial 12 month rental period elapsed.
2009 also saw Mills significantly strengthen and improve its after-sales service provision.
“In tough economic times customers expect and demand more from their machine tools,” continued Nick Frampton, “As a consequence during 2009 we employed additional service and application engineers, and recruited a dedicated Project Manager to handle the large and complex (often turnkey) projects we are increasingly being asked to manage for our customers.”
In September 2009 the ‘360′ Training Academy was opened at Mills’ Leamington facility, providing manufacturers with access to high-quality, cost-competitive and comprehensive CNC programmer (Fanuc and Heidenhain), CNC operator and CNC machine tool maintenance training courses.
Companies and organisations that have already booked courses at the ‘360′ Training Academy include the MAA (Midlands Aerospace Alliance) and Cambridge University.
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