Simmons is now responsible for all product sales and support of Niles-Simmons machinery to non-automotive customers in North America; industries such as aerospace, defence, railway, and machinery manufacturers. Niles-Simmons designs and manufactures precision CNC machining centres that are among the most advanced, reliable, and versatile machine tools in the world. The company’s partnership under the common American ownership of the NSH Group (Niles-Simmons-Hegenscheidt) creates a natural and beneficial relationship for both companies.
New and current customers will receive the exemplary technical support and OEM parts and service that Simmons is well known for.
Applications development utilising the N30 MC’s turning, milling, boring, drilling, and other machining process capabilities will be a priority. There will also be opportunities for contract manufacturing for large part machining customers with tight tolerance requirements.
“With this opportunity, Simmons can serve new industries such as aerospace, defence, renewable energy, and many others that are emerging in the marketplace. Our heavy payload automation capabilities forged by demanding projects in the railway industry worldwide will be valuable to other industries as they seek to automate. The Niles-Simmons product line furthers our railway capabilities by offering the RQ series of wheel manufacturing machines and the N20, N30, and N40 LT machines for manufacturing new axles and maintenance operations,” said Niles-Simmons’ product manager, Alexander Davis.
