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PRICE EQUIPMENT APPOINTED MAKINO DISTRIBUTOR
Price Equipment Appointed Makino Distributor
Will serve Carolinas and Virginia for Makino EDM and electrode manufacturing solutions
MASON,
OHIO – March 2007 – Makino is proud to announce that Price Equipment
Company of Monroe, NC has been appointed a dealer in the Carolinas and
Virginia for all of Makino EDM and electrode manufacturing solutions.
Nick
Casbar, Makino national sales manager for EDM said, “We are very
excited about this new relationship. Price Equipment brings nearly
thirty years of EDM experience to Makino’s family of EDM Dealers. Over
the past several years, a number of EDM savvy dealers have come on
board with us, including EDM Sales & Supplies in eastern
Pennsylvania and New England, and Perseo in Western Pennsylvania.”
Price
Equipment Company is the oldest machine tool distributor in the
Carolinas and Virginia, having just celebrated its 52nd anniversary.
Founded in 1955 by William D. Price, a toolmaker by profession, Price
Equipment has grown and prospered over the last half-century by
providing precision state-of-the-art machine solutions. Their extensive
customer base, including over 300 wire and sinker EDM installations,
consists of an elite group of manufacturers from privately owned
precision tool, die and mold shops to aerospace, defense and medical
facilities.
“The choice to represent Makino in the Southeast
was easy,” said Bill Price, president of Price Equipment. “Especially
when you evaluate the quality and breadth of the EDM products they
offer. We are very pleased to be able to offer such a high-performance
machine tool such as Makino.
“With our continued investment in
factory certified training for our personnel and customers, our new
8,000 square foot tech center in Monroe, North Carolina, we see this as
an exceptional opportunity for both companies.” Price Equipment is
located at 512 North Johnson Street, Monroe, NC 28112 and can be
reached at (704) 289-8471 or on the web at www.PriceEquipment.com.
Makino is a global provider of advanced machining technology and
application support, where new thinking takes shape for the
metalcutting and die/mold industries. Makino manufacturing and service
centers are located in the United States, Japan, Germany, Singapore,
Italy, France, Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, China, Mexico, Brazil and India,
and are supported by a worldwide distributor network. For more
information call 1.800.552.3288, or visit www.makino.com.
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Media Contact
Brandon Rhoten
HSR Business to Business
513.346.3588
brhoten@hsr.com
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