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It is a relationship that has already proved successful in Ireland and the Wellesbourne, West Midlands-based company believes it has the potential to generate more than £2m of sales in its first year.
The firm has appointed Darren Clarke as product manager, making him responsible for sales and technical support.
Martin Doyle, managing director of ETG commented: “Our strategy is all about delivering total solutions to our customers and this latest distribution agreement takes that approach to an even higher level.
“Cimco and Mastercam are two of the world’s leading CNC and CAM software providers and their state-of-the-art packages can be easily integrated into the machine tools that we supply to clients involved in the automotive, aerospace, nuclear, oil and gas and rail sectors.”
He continued: “They both offer an extensive range of milling and turning packages that are very popular. Mastercam, for example, is the most widely-used CAM system in the world with nearly 250,000 installations.
“This deal represents a massive opportunity for us and we have recognised this by appointing a dedicated specialist to manage the roll-out. Darren, who has vast experience in machine tools, is undergoing extensive product training and will be working hard to build the brands and overall awareness throughout 2017.”
ETG works with more than 100 customers every year, supplying turnkey solutions for milling, turning and automation.
This includes offering Nakamura-Tome, Chiron, Hardinge Bridgeport, Stama and Quaser machines, with the latest distribution agreement increasing its capability in CAD/CAM software.
Mr Clarke said: “The next generation of Mastercam and Cimco software packages have been developed to deliver greater speed, automation and efficiency for all machining jobs. Customers will also enjoy streamlined workflow, improved usability and greater control.
“These are fantastic additions to our service offerings and complement the technologies and capabilities of our machines. We are also very pleased to be working closely with Mastercam distributor 4D Engineering to further enhance Mastercam’s presence in the UK market and enable us to provide the best possible solutions and support for ETG clients.”
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