Business makes major investment in Bolney: Unibloc Hygenic Technologies unveils new CNC machining technology

Haywards Heath town mayor Howard Mundin helped cut the ribbon at a recent celebration event of the company expanding its capacity.

The business, which is a global leader in hygienic displacement pumps and other flow control products, flew chief technology officer Brian Comiskey and vice president of sales and marketing Mark Boyd in for the occasion.

Also present were: Trudy Rice, operations director for UHT’s Bolney facility; Mark Cumberland, south of England sales manager for Matsuura; and the vice chair of Bolney Parish Council Victoria Hawken.

The mayor said: “This was a very dynamic and exciting celebration to take part in and I would like to congratulate Unibloc and their great local workforce on this major investment. It’s fantastic to see a progressive business like Unibloc continuing to contribute to the area’s economic growth and technical development and I was fortunate to time to take a very interesting tour of this impressive technical facility in Bolney.”

He added that it was ‘brilliant’ to see the hygienic tech company investing in the community and providing local job opportunities for residents with technical engineering skills.

Mr Mundin said: “This is perfectly aligned with our council’s desire to increase opportunities for our highly educated, skilled workforce locally and I must congratulate Chris, Brian and Trudy on their unique and top quality products and services and their motivated and happy staff. This is just what we need in this area.”

Unibloc Hygienic Technologies, Inc. commissioned the new Matsuura H. Plus-405 PC12 horizontal CNC machining centre. The Matsuura is a 12-pallet, four-axis machining centre that offers the capacity to replace three older machines with one. The machine can also run 24/7.

CEO of UHT Chris Steven said: “Our Bolney workforce consists of highly skilled CNC machinists. Adding this machine helps leverage their experience and knowledge, while automating repetitive processes that are highly detailed and time-consuming, increasing output by 50-60 per cent. The investment continues our ongoing strategy of increasing production capacity to reduce production lead times and further improve customer service. Thank you to the Mayor of Haywards Heath for taking time out from his busy schedule to help us celebrate this major investment here.”

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