Tungaloy UK opens for business

Since becoming a member of the IMC Group of companies in 2008, Tungaloy has successfully progressed on a strategy to service all global markets, the UK being the latest subsidiary to open for business. With over 25 years' experience of working within the IMC Group in the UK, Michael Roach (pictured), the UK facility's managing director, said: "Despite not previously having a branded presence in the UK; Tungaloy already has an established and prestigious UK customer base and this is credit to the quality of the product range and the efforts of the current distribution network. "I am confident that as leading cutting tool supplier to many Japanese manufacturers and Toyota worldwide, Tungaloy UK will succeed to penetrate successfully in the UK market. The R&D team in Japan are continually developing new innovations that can deliver productivity benefits and cost reductions. The next step is to ensure that U.K. customers reap the benefits of these efforts." Supporting this expansion are several manufacturing plants in Japan which are making huge investments in new production equipment. The manufacturing sites all utilise state of the art manufacturing processes and equipment that supply over 20 global subsidiaries. Mr Roach continued: "I recently visited the manufacturing plants in Japan to witness the impressive quality control at first hand. This immediately filled me with confidence that the Tungaloy brand is destined to achieve significant sales levels in the UK." The Japanese company has been successfully producing high specification cutting tools, indexable inserts, and additional industrial products for over 70 years.