Gast Group adds four new service centres to its expanding European network
The Gast Group – a leading designer and manufacturer of compressors and vacuum pumps and a member of IDEX Corporation’s health and sciences division – is continuing the expansion of its European business and has announced an increase in its authorised service centre network with the signing of four new service agreements.
Enerfluid S.A.S. has been appointed for France and southern Europe; Lancier Monitoring GmbH will cover Germany, Austria and Switzerland; Tech-Air Benelux B.V. has been appointed for the Benelux region; and Granzow A/S for Denmark and the Nordic countries. The UK and Ireland will continue to be serviced via Gast Group’s European headquarters at Redditch in the UK.
Service engineers from the four new service centres have been trained at Redditch or Gast Manufacturing’s Benton Harbor facility in the US and are now authorised to fulfil maintenance and repairs to both GAST and JUN-AIR products. In a move to increase the focus and support for existing aftermarket programmes, each authorised centre will also keep service kits and spares as stock items.
Commenting on the benefits for its customers, Gast Group’s sales director Andre Goodson explains that the signing of the new service agreements complements the company’s European headquarters. “For warranty and non-warranty repairs, OEMs and users of GAST and JUN-AIR equipment throughout Europe will now have regional access to fast and reliable service performed by trained engineers. They will also benefit from an increased level of OEM spares in their region and, in some cases, be able to take advantage of loan equipment while their systems are being serviced or repaired.”
The agreements also complement recent personnel appointments for central and southern Europe and the restructuring of the Gast Group’s European distributor partners. It is also a significant step towards a more simplified business structure; ensuring that new and existing products are brought to market as quickly as possible; and global coverage of its two brands is increased through a regional network of certified service providers.
“By building relationships with distributor partners and authorised service centres, and ultimately taking control of where and by whom our compressors and vacuum pumps are purchased, serviced and maintained, we are improving product knowledge and training to better serve our customers.” says Andre.
Further information and contact details for each of Gast Group’s authorised service centres can be found at www.gastmfg.com or www.jun-air.com.
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For further information contact:
Andre Goodson, Gast Group Limited
Unit 11, The IO Centre, Nash Road, Redditch, B98 7AS. UK
Tel: 44 (0)1527 504040, Fax: 44 (0)1527 525262
Email: gastgroup.uk@idexcorp.com Web: www.gastmfg.com / www.jun-air.com
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Since 1921, Gast Manufacturing, Inc. has been designing and manufacturing quality air-moving products. Our vacuum pumps, compressors, air motors, gear motors, vacuum generators, regenerative blowers and Smart Air technology meet the many challenging applications of OEMs and end-users worldwide. For industrial manufacturing, health care lab, or environmental cleanup applications, Gast provides a full range of ideally suited and cost-effective solutions to any pneumatic problem.
In 1998, Gast was acquired by IDEX Corporation and is part of the IDEX Health Science Technologies segment. IDEX, an acronym for Innovation, Diversity and EXcellence, manufactures proprietary pump products, dispensing equipment, and other engineered products for a variety of global markets.
In 2006, Gast Manufacturing, Inc. acquired JUN-AIR, the leading provider of quiet compressors for laboratories, dental clinics, medical, beverage, graphic and industrial applications worldwide. As a result, its customers can take advantage of the broad product portfolios of both companies to solve their application requirements from the component level through complete compressor solutions.
Since the introduction of its first compressor in 1958, JUN-AIR has become a leading supplier of quiet air compressors used in laboratories, dental clinics, medical, beverage, graphic, and industrial applications worldwide. Its products include a full range of standard and customised compressors and cabinets. Continuous development of products and production facilities helps maintain JUN-AIR’s enviable reputation for quality and reliability among more than half a million satisfied customers.
JUN-AIR products are now sold and supported in more than 100 countries through subsidiaries and distributors. As an international company, JUN-AIR is concerned about the world environment. They strive to produce a range of products that offer environmental benefits such as the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through reduced energy consumption. Over the years they have introduced a number of improvements, resulting in the most energy-efficient compressors on the market.
Gast is an international supplier with manufacturing and logistical facilities located regionally in support of global customers. They are committed to conforming to global manufacturing standards in the areas of health, safety, environmental, and consumer protection.
Gast is proud of its 90-year history of leadership in the design and manufacture of high-quality air-moving products. It is even more proud of the positive impact they make on its customers' products. Achieving a leadership position in a complex industry is not a simple task. Gast has done it by adhering to some simple principles: understand the industry better than anyone else, make better products than anyone else, and serve the customer better than anyone else.
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