Renishaw opens Taiwan office

The new subsidiary company (pictured), Renishaw (Taiwan) Inc, replaces the former representative office which was set-up in the year 2000, and will be able to offer enhanced commercial and technical support to customers throughout Taiwanese industry, whether machine builders, end-users, or existing distributors for Renishaw's wide range of market leading metrology products. The new subsidiary's general manager is Steve Bell, who joined Renishaw in 2006, and has spent his working life within the metrology industry, with a strong focus on sales and technical support within Asia. The expertise within the office is also boosted by Shih Cheng (Chobby) Lai, who has extensive experience of the Taiwanese machine tool industry, most recently with German metrology supplier Blum. Renishaw (Taiwan) Inc is based in Taichung's Nantun District, close to the heart of the Taiwanese machine tool industry. From July 2008 it will be able to sell to customers in the local NT$ currency, and will also offer enhanced support by operating Renishaw's successful Repair by Exchange (RBE) service scheme, designed to minimise machine downtime. Together with Renishaw's long-term Taiwanese distributors, MTC and Usync, the new subsidiary supports Renishaw's full range of metrology products, including CMM probe systems, touch probes and laser tool setters for CNC machine tools, linear and rotary encoders for position feedback, and calibration systems for machine performance analysis. The Renishaw Group currently has operations in 30 countries, with total employee numbers now over 2,100. For the year-ended June 2007, worldwide sales totalled £180.9 million (US$360 million).