Nigel Atherton, managing director of XYZ Machine Tools, explains that with high levels of sales activity preceding MACH there was some “slight concern” that the exhibition would be quiet, but “how wrong can you be?”
“From day one our stand was extremely busy and over the week we took orders for 24 machines valued at over £1 million,” he says.
“In addition to these firm orders, we also logged 640 enquiries, which will lead to more orders in the coming days, weeks and months. A fantastic result for us and all credit to the entire team at XYZ for making MACH the success it was.”
MACH 2018 saw a number of debuts from XYZ, which helped to raise interest, including ROBO-TEND, a robot-based automation cell with vision system suitable for use on machining and turning centres that is both modular and mobile, allowing true robot automation to be within the reach of traditional sub-contract engineering businesses.
