Mills CNC, the exclusive distributor of Doosan machine tools in the UK and Ireland, has reported that sales in July 2010 topped £3.3 million – equating to 33 machine tools being sold in the month.

According to managing director, Nick Frampton, the July figures 'represent the best ever July sales results in Mills' history and follow hard on the heels of a successful June 2010 when 21 machines were sold.

“These really are excellent results, and reflect the confidence and more positive outlook many UK manufacturers are feeling and experiencing at this moment in time,” he observed. “In what can be a traditionally quieter period for machine tool sales, I believe our July figures can also be attributed to the recent MACH exhibition where well over 100 serious sales enquiries and leads were generated.”

A cursory look at the machines sold by Mills in July reveal success across the board with everything from 2-axis Lynx and Puma lathes, VMCs (with both Fanuc and Heidenhain controls), and multi-axis mill/turn machines being well represented in the sales figures. Particularly pleasing was the sales performance of the new range of Doosan Puma lathes which were launched into the UK at MACH.

“We sold five new Puma lathes in July and the interest generated by the Puma 2100, Puma 2600 and Puma 3100 models we exhibited at MACH has been excellent,” Mr Frampton confirmed.

“The next quarter for Mills is important. We have launched a number of new models and have a number of new initiatives in the pipeline that I'm confident will offer customers even better value for money and strengthen our market position still further.”

Mills CNC
www.millscnc.co.uk