At a time when most of the UK tool making industry has contracted, Harper and Simmons are investing heavily for the future. We have to remain competitive in a highly specialised and global industry, being attractive through high investments, explains Managing Director Robert Simmons who says that the SNK is the largest single machine investment ever for the 65-year-old company.

This is a really special machine that will service virtually every sector of the industry, says Robert. It allows us to handle much larger and more complex jobs from start to finish all under one roof. Its the only machine of its type available in a tool room in the UK and is already generating huge interest from industries as diverse as automotive tool making to petrochemical and nuclear.

Harper and Simmons says it already provides one of the most extensive large-capacity wire eroding facilities and state-of-the-art water jetting facilities in the world.