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UNITED GRINDING opens a subsidiary in Southeast Asia

The UNITED GRINDING Group has intensified its Southeast Asian business and established its own subsidiary in Singapore.

The UNITED GRINDING Group has been present in the Southeast Asian region for many years through representatives and the WALTER EWAG Asia Pacific subsidiary. Now the specialist for grinding, eroding, laser, and measuring machines bundles and intensifies its activities in this region by founding a group subsidiary in Singapore, United Grinding Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.

Stephan Nell, United Grinding Group Ag

“Southeast Asia is a strategically very crucial region for us. Establishing a UNITED GRINDING subsidiary is the logical step to intensify our activities in this region,” explains Stephan Nell, CEO of the UNITED GRINDING Group. The potential is high, and the number of customers is continuously increasing. “Proximity to our customers has always been important to us to ensure fast and uncomplicated support,” adds Nell. The ability to offer the group’s bundled technology and application know-how from a single subsidiary offers customers many advantages.

Michael Schmid, CEO UNITED GRINDING Asia Pacific

Michael Schmid, CEO of the new UNITED GRINDING branch and already responsible for the Southeast Asian business of the WALTER and EWAG brands for more than 20 years, adds: “We can bundle the strength of our powerful team in the joint group subsidiary and serve our customers even better. In the future, we will offer all three group technologies, surface and profile grinding, cylindrical grinding, and tool machining, under one roof. I am convinced that bundling and intensifying our activities in this region is a win-win for all parties involved.”.

About UNITED GRINDING Group

The UNITED GRINDING Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of grinding, eroding, laser, and measuring machines as well as machine tools for additive manufacturing. With roughly 2,500 employees at more than 20 manufacturing, service, and sales locations, the Group is focused on providing efficient and customer-oriented services.

With the brands MÄGERLE, BLOHM, JUNG, STUDER, SCHAUDT, MIKROSA, WALTER, EWAG, and IRPD, as well as the competence centers in America and Asia, UNITED GRINDING offers a broad application knowledge, a large product portfolio, and a wide range of services for the production of high-precision components.