ARRK, the UK-based pan-European leader in the field of rapid prototyping, has announced it is expanding its operations eastwards into Poland.
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ARRK has announced it is establishing an additional prototyping centre in Bydgoszcz, where the company already has a large tool-making factory.
Craig Vickers, ARRK’s European RP Operations Director, sees the move as a vital part of ARRK’s continued success as one of the world’s leading providers of prototyping solutions.
"With our technical centres in Gloucester, Barcelona, and Alby-sur-Chéran in France, and support operations in the North East of England, Paris, Scandinavia and Italy we have established ourselves as key suppliers across Europe," said Vickers. "Furthermore, by working together as one operation it has allowed us to deliver a number of very large projects, which no single site could have delivered alone. Therefore, with the need for extra capacity and to satisfy our strategy for growth, work has begun to create an RP facility in Bydgoszcz.
He continued: "ARRK has ambitious plans for the future and closer ties with our European sister companies to deliver a comprehensive service to our customers will be key to our success. With this in mind, it was a simple decision to establish our new facility within one of ARRK’s tooling sites. Having a strong infrastructure in place and operating within ARRK systems and protocols it has given us a head start and we plan on being operational before the end of the year. The centre will provide additional resource to our existing offering, as well as being ideally located to succeed within the Polish & German markets. A lot of our larger customers have set up operations in Eastern Europe, and our location here shows that we are keen to support them."
Once operational, the centre, which will be managed by Robert Dąbrowski, will be providing a Stereolithography and Vacuum Casting service initially, with SLS and Rapid CNC machining capability to follow shortly afterwards. These are exciting times for everyone at ARRK and we look forward to making further announcements as we enhance our product offering and range of solutions to customers.
