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 New Chairman for Metalforming Machinery Makers Association...Following the 2004 AGM of the Metalforming Machinery Makers' Association (MMMA), Mike Hall, Sales Manager at SMV Presses (UK) Ltd in Coventry has been elected Chairman of the Association for the next two years from the beginning of October 2004. Mike has worked in the metalforming machinery industry for many years and has a very in depth knowledge of the industry as well as the people who work within it. He has been a MMMA Council member since 1995. As he starts his term of office, he is aware that it begins, when the metalforming sector has seen a considerable downsizing, as supplier markets and outsourcing has gone overseas and that he comes into this important position as the market appears to be becoming more buoyant. As Mike said; "Requirements and demands from press shops have changed rapidly over the last few years and we as equipment manufacturers have had to change to meet the new demand. I believe, we as an industry are now better placed to meet that demand as press shops re-invest in sorely needed new equipment. In return, they will be more able to compete in the environment of a global market. The industry has bottomed out. I am confident that the UK will become better placed to regain some of the business lost overseas. If we produce high quality products at a competitive price brought about through new equipment and improved work practices, why shouldn't some lost business come back? As I go around the country, I see excellent, well run UK press shops that have continued to invest in equipment and the people operating the equipment, still out there in the market. Those who have not, where are they today? As Chairman I would like to see the Association grow, through new members and by getting more members to play a more pro-active role in the aims of the Association. As my past Chairman, Tim Albutt has said on many occasions, the bigger we are the more stronger voice we will have in the corridors of power, in our case, the Government. We continue to attract new members, but I want more members from those companies out there and who need representation in a body like the MMMA." The MMMA acts as the central organisation promoting the common interests of its members involved in the manufacture and sale of metalforming machinery and ancillary products, including tooling in the United Kingdom. |
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