The number of new machines delivered to customers was up 78% on the same time last year, while new Doosan machine tool orders were up 30% on the same quarter
The firm says there are many reasons for the upward trend, including the resurgence in enquiries for, and subsequent sales of, large capacity Doosan machines. Demand for its large capacity horizontal borers, double-column milling machines and vertical turning lathes have also “grown exponentially”, most notably from manufacturers operating in the energy sector, particularly nuclear.
Says Mills CNC’s managing director Kevin Gilbert: “The increase in demand from customers for complex turnkey and manufacturing process improvement and optimisation solutions, has come from automotive and aerospace, as well as nuclear, component manufacturers.
“Our flexible, reliable and high-productivity Doosan machine tool technologies combined with the unrivalled technical expertise and experience of our pre-sales, applications and service engineers, means that we are ideally placed to plan, manage and implement complex turnkey solutions.”
The firm adds that sales have also been bolstered by demand for its high performance and versatile Lynx 220, 2100 and 300 series, its GT2100 and GT2600 universal lathes, and its new DNM 4500/5700/6700 vertical machining centres, which can be supplied with either Fanuc, Heidenhain or Siemens CNC controls. New machine tool introductions have also made their mark.
Adds Gilbert: “Clearly we are pleased with the latest results and we are keen to keep the momentum going. We have ambitious sales targets for 2017 and our first quarter results demonstrate we are well on track to achieving them.”
