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Thermex select Nikken to deliver benefits

Company News Friday, May 24, 2013: Thermex Ltd

Thermex Ltd, a specialist manufacturer of heat exchangers, has called on Rotherham's expert tooling supplier, Nikken Kosakusho Europe, as they invest in future growth.

Based in Redditch, Thermex manufacture high quality shell and tube, liquid cooled heat exchangers for the hydraulic, industrial and marine markets. They count the JCB Group, Caterpillar Global Mining and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as clients.

Nikken enjoys a global dominance of the rotary table technology market and supply manufacturers operating in the aerospace, defence, motorsport, automotive and medical sectors, as well as customers looking for the most productive and most effective ways to machine aluminium, steels, stainless, titanium and exotics.

In late 2012 Thermex Ltd took delivery of a new Doosan 750L vertical machining centre equipped with a Nikken CNC260 rotary table and eight Alberti angle heads also supplied and supported by Nikken Kosakusho Europe.

This investment has already provided immediate benefits for Thermex, reducing manufacturing times, eliminating the threat of scrapped parts and delivering an unparalleled finish on all the machined components.

Brian Wilson, commercial director at Thermex (picture above, left), said: "Our significant investment in this new Doosan machining centre from Mills CNC with Nikken's 4th axis capability and the Alberti angle heads will definitely bring about improvements in our manufacturing processes and to the quality of the components supplied to our UK, European and Global clients.

"Successful approvals and audits are absolutely vital to our business going forward and the purchase of this type of sophisticated equipment demonstrates the importance attached to customer requirements and our commitment to deliver products of outstanding quality every time. Premium quality at a competitive price is essential to an SME such as Thermex in order to maintain of our position as a preferred supplier of quality air and liquid cooled heat exchangers to international OEMs."

Nikken Kosakusho Europe is a subsidiary of Nikken Works Limited Japan and its headquarters on the Barbot Hall Industrial Estate opened in 1999. It has continued to expand in both the UK and Europe, taking on new staff in the UK and in overseas offices and last year they opened a new technical office and demonstration / testing facility at The Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Rotherham.

Nikken Kosakusho Europe website
Thermex Ltd website