Effective from June this year, the agreement will provide both potential and existing users of Lagun machines with greater support as they will now have full access to the knowledge offered by RK International Machine Tool’s sales and technical teams.
The agreement, which covers all activity in the UK and Eire, will see RK driving the sales activity for the entire Lagun range and, providing support for existing customers through its extensive service/support activities, which benefits from many years’ experience in working with large capacity machine tools.
Additionally, in the short/medium term RK International will also be able to call on the extensive knowledge of Mark Randall of Radius Machine Tool Solutions, who, after 16 years working with the brand, became the ‘face of Lagun’ in the UK.
Machines of particular interest to customers in the UK and Eire will be the BM bed mill series with up to 5,000mm x 1,300mm x 2,000mm of travel in the X-, Y- and Z-axes subject to specification.
There is also a variant with a rotating table with a weight capacity of 6,000kg. Also featuring a rotating table is the new cross moving column milling machines, the TM T series, which has been developed with turning applications in mind. The rotating table is equipped with a high torque motor capable of achieving 400rpm with a capacity to machine parts weighing up to 5,000kg.
Simon Rood, RK’s director and general manager says: “In discussion with Mark and Lagun, it was apparent that customers were asking for greater support of the range and RK International’s appointment as the UK and Eire agent will deliver additional sales activity and also customer reassurance through the back-up and UK technical support that RK’s heritage of supplying large capacity machines can bring.
“This addition to our portfolio is an exciting one and, we are looking forward to developing the customer base for the Lagun range as we see many opportunities for this type of machine here in the UK and Eire.”
Based in Gipuzkoa, Spain, Lagun has over 60 years’ experience manufacturing CNC milling machines, including traditional bed-type machines through to high-performance machining centres. Its equipment can be found across a wide variety of industry sectors, with emphasis on general machining, die/mouldmaking, automotive, aerospace, and renewable energy. Its core business, though, is larger capacity milling machines.
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