Parlec, Inc., headquartered in Fairport, New York, and Mahr GmbH, which is headquartered in Göttingen, Germany, have announced a bilateral partnership agreement to market and sell each company’s tool measurement and inspection products. Products covered under the agreement are Parlec’s P1500 and P2500 Presetters and Mahr’s MarVision Tool Inspector lines. Mahr will market and sell these goods in Europe under the name MarPreset. In turn, Parlec will incorporate Mahr tool measurement products into its product portfolio and market them in North America. In addition, the companies will cooperate on future technology development to expand each of their respective product offerings.
The arrangement expands Parlec’s presence in Europe and other parts of the world for its presetting, tool inspection and tool management products. It extends Mahr’s reputation for laboratory–grade optical metrology equipment to include solutions that meet customer needs in production inspection and manufacturing measuring environments.
The shared product lines are expected to lead to additional collaborative efforts, including co–branded products and technology–sharing initiatives. Mahr and Parlec have agreed to share technologies for the continued technical advancement of both companies’ current product lines, as well as for the development of entirely new solutions in tool and component measurement.
According to Doug Woods, president of Parlec International, "With this strategic partnership we are, in effect, creating a new global leader in precision optical tooling metrology," he says. "Working together with Mahr we can offer a comprehensive approach to tool measurement technology across a wide spectrum of applications and markets."
Thomas Keidel, chairman of the Mahr Group’s board of directors, says "Parlec’s tool presetting products are an excellent addition to our product portfolio. We can now offer our customers not only top–quality tool measurement, but also the very best in presetting. This means the customer has the advantage of dealing with one single supplier for both groups of equipment."
Parlec, Inc., will market and sell the Mahr products within the U.S., and Mahr GmbH will market and sell the Parlec products within Europe and other specified markets around the world. All Parlec presetters sold by Mahr GmbH will carry the MarPreset brand name. Parlec’s industry leading Parlevision™ software will maintain its brand in all Mahr branded presetters sold worldwide. In North America, Mahr will sell its products under the Parlec and Mahr brand names or, in some cases, as co–branded products. This agreement will not affect agreements that Parlec, Inc., and Parlec Limited have with existing distributors. All Parlec presetters sold by Parlec will continue to carry the Parlec brand name.
Parlec, Inc., is a worldwide leader in tooling, workholding, and presetting solutions, offers more than 50 years of experience in CNC tooling innovation. The company provides a complete line of manufacturing products from its headquarters in Fairport, New York. Parlec offers unmatched levels of technology and support on a global basis with sales, engineering, manufacturing, and service throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Parlec’s product family, comprised of more than 8,000 individual products, includes solutions for toolholding, boring, tapping, driven and static tooling, presetting, and workholding.
The Mahr Group is one of the largest full–service suppliers of industrial metrology, and the only firm which provides diverse branches of industry worldwide with hand–held measuring tools, display units, gages, surface metrology, roundness and form measuring instruments, optical coordinate measuring instruments for tool measurement, test equipment monitoring instruments, precision length metrology, and gear and shaft metrology. Mahr has production sites in Germany (Göttingen, Wadgassen, and Jena), the U.S. (Providence, Rhode Island), the Czech Republic, and China. It also has sales and service branches in 15 countries worldwide.
For more information about Parlec, Inc., contact Jason Grady at (585) 425–4400 or jasgra@parlec.com. Go online to [www.parlec.com]. To learn more about Mahr GmbH please visit [www.mahr.com].
