Unimatic Engineers Ltd has sold its motors, drives and linear division for an undisclosed sum to Micromech Ltd of Braintree so that it can concentrate on its core activities of rapid prototyping and CNC machining. Micromech is a UK based supplier of controls, servo/stepping motors and drives as well as associated motion products. The addition of this business will give customers even greater support as well as access to a wider range of products and services. The company can specify from single components right through to complex multi-axis systems. If required systems can be designed, built and commissioned to customers¡¦ specifications, coupled with service and technical ¡¥back up¡¦ recognised throughout industry as first class.
Unimatic was founded over 40 years ago to supply industry with motion control and automation products (it is this business which it has sold to Micromech). Over recent years, the company has moved its focus to a product portfolio which it sees as core to the future of design, prototyping and manufacturing in the UK, including the generation of future skills which industry will require.
From now on, Unimatic will be focusing exclusively on the activities of its other two divisions:
Machines Division
„h CNC machines
„h Laser cutting / engraving equipment
„h Rapid prototyping machines
„h Laser scanning systems
„h CAD/CAM software
This combination of products enables UK designers and manufacturers to get their products quickly to market, and manufacture short runs flexibly. Unimatic sells these products to many markets in the industrial arena and also to the education market.
Target markets include medical, dentistry, jewellery and automotive. Customers include such companies as Dyson (they have invested in Unimatic machines both in R&D and in manufacturing) - companies at the cutting edge of design and innovation.
In education, it is a prominent supplier to secondary schools of equipment for the Design & Technology curriculum, as well as to various departments in Colleges and Universities.
Micro-technology Division
„h Piezo-motors
„h Piezo-actuators
„h Piezo-motor driven systems
Unimatic provide motorised systems to companies working in the growing fields of micro- and nano-technology, offering a number of products based on the application of the piezo-electric effect to generate high accuracy movements in fields such as micro-electronics and medical devices.