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PR: KZ Zeilmakers purchase Orion 2200 cutter/plotter from B&W at METS 2016

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19 December 2016

KZ Zeilmakers purchase Orion 2200 cutter/plotter from Blackman & White at METS 2016

The ‘personal touch' offered by the Blackman & White (B&W) team recently proved to be the ‘dealmaker' for KZ Zeilmakers, who purchased a new Orion 2200 cutter/plotter at the international METS show.

KZ Zeilmakers' owner Henk van Tol started up the company two years ago and wanted to invest in a cutter to allow for more innovation and to increase their production efficiency.

Henk said: "I'd started to enquire about cutting machines and found Blackman & White through the internet. As they were coming over to METS I met with Sales Manager John Ichikawa at the show and I was happy to find he was very helpful and willing to think alongside me on digitizing the cutting system.

"It was this personal touch that made me decide to purchase the Orion 2200, in addition to the favourable price and quality of this machine.

"I am looking forward to coming over to England in January, to start to learn how to operate and use the machine, exchange ideas and find a solution for digitizing the cutting system."

Blackman & White is highly regarded for quality and innovation within the boat building, sail making and composite markets and the company prides itself on offering not just cutting machines but complete solutions for the most complex cutting challenges.

Managing Director Alex White said: "Some of our best innovations come from working with our customers on their specific, individual requirements, and we always enjoy this process.

"We're excited to be supporting Henk and his team as they drive for greater efficiency in their workflow and opportunities to innovate. The industries we support are constantly evolving, so it's important that our products do too."

About the Orion 2200

Available as a complete system or gantry only option, the Orion range has been serving the marine industry for over 30 years, a testament to its user-friendliness, reliability and robustness. With software to suit all functions from photo digitising of templates to sail design, all marine applications are fully catered to for simplifying the production process.

The 2200 model is a low cost solution for single ply cutting and marking, and is a perfect machine for blade cutting of materials used by spray hood makers, sail lofts, as well as manufacturers of carbon fibre components used in boats and yachts.

It is purpose built to fit each customer's production area in sizes ranging from 1.5m to 3.2m cut width and 1.5m to 15m cut length. It alsooffers unrivalled control thanks to its easy-to-use software.

For more information on Blackman & White visitwww.blackmanandwhite.com, emailinfo@bwcutters.com, call +44 (0) 1621 843404 or follow @bwcutters on Twitter. For more information on KZ Zeilmakers go wowww.kz-zeilmakers.nlor emailinfo@kz-zeilmakers.nl

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Photo caption: Jaap Kuipers and Henk van Tol from KZ Zeilmakers shake on the deal with John Ichikawa and Susan Henderson of Blackman & White

 

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