Dugard Machine Tools won several orders and took a high number of enquiries at MACH 2022. With four new machine tools on its stand, the crowds were impressed by the breadth and diversity of the technology on show.
It was a MACH debut and the first opportunity for Dugard to introduce the Kitamura range since being announced as the UK agents. To introduce the brand, Dugard demonstrated the MedCenter5AX 5-axis vertical machining centre for fast precise machining and the larger Kitamura Mytrunnion 4G machining centre. As well as these two workhorses, Dugard gave a MACH show debut to the Hanwha brand of sliding head lathe that has taken the market by storm since entering the UK just over two years ago. Presenting the robust Hanwha XE20 and XD26II-V, the turned parts community paid attention to these newcomers.
Commenting upon the MACH show, Dugard’s Sales Director, Colin Thomson says: “We had representatives from Hanwha, Kitamura, Ibarmia and SMEC on the stand to support the Dugard team and throughout the week both our UK sales and technical teams and our technical partners from overseas had some very constructive conversations that resulted in several machine sales. Equally encouraging is the level of interest and direction that some of these meetings took at MACH, we fully expect to generate several additional sales in the months following the show. Aside from the success Dugard enjoyed, and the subsequent success that will follow, it was a pleasure to be back at MACH on a human level. No level of marketing activity can exceed the anticipation and buzz that MACH creates in the marketplace. It was great to be back and we are already planning a larger stand space for MACH 2024,” concludes Colin.