Manufacturer celebrates record month with new hire
A Burton metrology specialist has pushed aside Brexit uncertainty to record its best ever month.
Blum-Novotest, which celebrated 18 years of trading in the UK in 2018, secured over £100,000 of orders for its ‘in-machine’ measuring technology that helps industry reduce the time taken to measure cutting tools.
This represents a 60% increase on the same period twelve months ago, with the majority of the new contracts focusing on the firm’s DIGILOG family of touch probe systems.
The company says it is now looking to build on this positive start to the year by increasing its work with SME sub-contractors through the appointment of Paul Hodgkinson as technical sales engineer for the UK.
David Mold, managing director, said: “With all the uncertainty around Brexit I was half expecting the first quarter to be extremely tough with investment decisions put on hold. We’ve actually seen the opposite.
“New orders have been placed by both the dealer network and also end user customers, with interest coming from clients involved in automotive, aerospace, medical and nuclear sectors. Whenever there is a need for repeatable quality, accuracy and quicker turnaround times then we have the answer.”
He continued: “I think it’s fair to say DIGILOG and its ability to measure ‘in-machine’ is proving extremely popular and we expect this range of probes to be our best sellers in 2019.”
