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Grand Opening of Walter North American Technology Center
Walter USA celebrates the opening of a 40,000ft2, $2.5-million North American Technology Center, designed to help educate customers, channel partners, and employees on Walter’s product offerings, while also enhancing the Walter Multiply brand, which transfers technical knowledge across a range of sectors in order to increase productivity.

Muff Tanriverdi, president, Walter Americas and Mirko Merlo, president, Walter AG provided welcome addresses, followed by Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and Peter Eelman, vice president, AMT – Association For Manufacturing Technology.

“Walter Multiply will provide service support to our customers in the areas of planning, manufacturing, logistics, maintenance, and training,” Tanriverdi says. “And the tech center will provide the means to arrive at tailor-made programs with the customer in mind. Our commitment to customer service and support has always been high and this expansion only reinforces that mission.”

More than 150 people attend the inauguration. www.walter-tools.com/us

Global Market Grows for Omax Products
To meet a growing demand for products and services around the world, the global distribution and support network for Omax Corp. is expanding its global distribution and support network in Europe and other international markets. The company now holds business partnerships with distributors in 50 countries, increasing its machines’ presence in the global market. Technical support team members are located in Europe, Canada, and Central America, and company officials plan to add more tech support employees in India and Asia. Furthering its international business, Omax names German-Gulf its new distributor for Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, and United Arab Emirates, while adding new languages to its website for better communication with international customers. www.omax.com