In January 2010 data M Sheet Metal Solutions opened the doors to its UK office near Wolverhampton, this now means data M is directly supporting companies within the UK roll-forming industry, in the development of their products, processes, tooling and choice of roll-forming software solutions right on their doorstep! Conveniently located in the UK's roll-forming heartlands, the UK office has quickly become the hub for UK based training and seminars.
Being the first organisation people call when they require a roll design, software or training solution, data M, with its global reputation of being the number one roll-forming solutions company, is now playing a key part in the UK roll-forming industry. We are helping companies develop Right First Time - Turnkey roll tooling solutions, with the aid of our pioneering roll-forming design and analysis software COPRA® RF and FEA RF.
"We are supporting UK and North American roll-forming businesses with our roll design services, software and knowledge, therefore helping them to control, maintain and reduce product development and tooling costs accordingly", states Carl Stephenson, Managing Director of the company.
"We are continuing to use our wealth of knowledge gained both here in the UK and abroad to develop our software, tooling and training solutions for our client base, which in turn is certainly helping to sustain the remaining roll-forming industry within the UK. Clearly we hope this trend continues for the future, as right now we are now seeing the establishment of some sustainable growth and diversification among clients portfolios at present."
Project hand-holding and direct knowledge transfer to the client, thus helping develop significant on-site know-how
During this time he has been involved in the design and development of in excess of 2,000 tool sets and rolled products, of which the vast majority were designed using COPRA® RF technology.
In his own words, he is a "firm believer that the COPRA® Work-flow is the
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data M UK specialises in the field of roll design and simulation of sheet metal and coil processing. We are the UK's sole distributor of the leading software solutions