Walter builds regional competence centres

Walter AG is building regional competence  centres in Europe, America and Asia, so that  customers around the world can be served quickly and competently. The new centres will become particularly  important  for  technically demanding customer projects in which, until now, the national subsidiaries have had to rely on support from Walter’s headquarters in Tübingen. With the regional expansion of its competence centres, the specialist for precision tools is underlining its position as a competence leader in metal cutting.

From now on, the three regional competence centres for Europe, America and Asia  will  provide the national sales companies in their  region with support. Above all, the  customers  benefit from the technically demanding specialist and industry-specific solutions that come from the engineering competence of Walter experts. Advice can generally be offered in the language of the country and, due to its close proximity, projects can be completed more quickly and efficiently.

“Our customers operate in an increasingly global environment and the competition that prevails in countries such as China, India and Brazil is very dynamic”, says Mirko Merlo, President of the Walter Group.“With 34 Walter subsidiaries, we are represented worldwide in all of the important markets. However, when it comes to the expertise in specialist and industry-specific solutions, the national subsidiaries around the world have been dependent on our experts in Tübingen for a long time. With the new regional competence centres, our customers have direct access to our specialists and benefit still further from our expertise”, Merlo continues.

The European, as well as the global competence centre, is located in Tübingen. Global methods and standards are defined there, and industry-specific solutions are developed together with the customer and the research and development department at Walter. In addition,the global competence center assures the transfer of expertise to the other centres.