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Rick Korte, President
HEIDENHAIN Maximizes Resources
for Customers
By Rick Korte, President, HEIDENHAIN Holding
The North American machine equipment business has undergone extraordinary changes in the last couple of years. As an important provider of motion control solutions to this business, we too saw the fluctuations in the marketplace and knew that we needed to adapt to this business climate. To that end, HEIDENHAIN Corporation and its sister companies are in the final stages of successful corporate consolidation efforts. These changes have allowed us to maximize our vast internal resources to better meet the needs of our customers in both the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and end user markets.
As many know, HEIDENHAIN Corporation is based in Schaumburg, IL and is the North American wholly owned subsidiary of DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GmbH in Traunreut, Germany. In 2008, a keen watch on the world marketplace set into motion a plan to better meet the business needs of our customers in North America. To this end, the products of many of our sister companies have been melded into the sale and distribution channels that originate out of the HEIDENHAIN headquarters in Schaumburg, IL. This includes those of RENCO Encoders Inc., METRONICS®, Leine & Linde, RSF Elektroniks Inc., Numerik Jena, Acu-Rite Companies Inc. and ANILAM.
The extremely positive results of this integration are already being seen by customers in the form of an even broader and more extensive product offering all in one place. The increased amount of available expertise in this field is second to none, and we have taken great strides to simplify the contact channels for all our customers. This now means that a single point-of-contact can help customers with precision measurement components from a uniquely large resource pool. Very specific solutions for small motion applications can be found quickly as well as large package solutions bundled easily.
Because of the many integrations that have taken place, all of our product offerings now originate from our very best production facilities. These world class facilities hold rigorous documentation, procedures and quality control systems firmly in place. And our combined engineering resources have served to only strengthen HEIDENHAIN’s already solid and well established R&D departments.
We, at HEIDENHAIN, know that our customers are working harder with less, and we believe our efforts to consolidate many of your motion control sources to one powerful location will serve you well.