Mills CNC’s sales soar in quarter three

With trading conditions in the machine tool sector generally described as ‘challenging’, Mills’ latest results are, according to managing director Kevin Gilbert: “Testament to all the effort, dedication and hard work undertaken by the Mills team.”

Particularly revealing was the increase in the number of large capacity machines sold in the three months. Everything from large and powerful Puma lathes and vertical turning lathes to big box guideway horizontal and vertical machining centres were well represented in the sales total – as were the Doosan DBC series of large boring machines and the Doosan BM series of double-column milling machines.

The results also reveal that the mainstay of Mills’ sales success in the quarter came from the company’s popular Lynx and Puma lathe ranges, and its equally popular DNM range of vertical machining centres.

Mr Gilbert explained: “We recently introduced a range of DNM vertical machining centres equipped with Siemens controls. The introduction of these machines has definitely enabled the penetration of a market that previously wasn’t open to us.

“Other new machine introductions, including our latest Lynx 2100 lathe series and our DNM 4500/5700/6700 3-axis vertical machines had an impact on sales during the quarter following their successful launches at the MACH 2016 exhibition.”

Mills also introduced a number of customer-focused services and initiatives designed to drive sales forward. Worthy of mention is Mills’ SMART options rental scheme – an initiative that allows manufacturers to ‘rent’ a new Doosan machine for a 12-month period in the first instance.

Mr Gilbert added: “We will continue to strengthen our aftersales services to make them more responsive and in-tune with customer needs – only recently we introduced our latest SMART Options 5 year warranties on Doosan multi-tasking machines. Initiatives like this combined with our comprehensive service and support provision and the depth and breadth of our product portfolio means we are confident about the future.”

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