Published 4/10/2019

Morris Group and Soraluce Announce Distribution Agreement

Morris Group Inc. has signed an agreement with Soraluce for exclusive rights to distribute the company’s product line throughout the United States.

Barbara Schulz

European Correspondent, Gardner Business Media

Rafael Idigoras, managing director of Soraluce (right) and Chris Stine, executive vice president of Morris Group, have signed an agreement for exclusive rights to distribute Soraluce’s products throughout the United States.

From left to right: Brad Morris, president and CEO of Morris Group, Rafael Idigoras, managing director of Soraluce and Chris Stine, executive vice president of Morris Group at the Soraluce portal factory in Bergara, Spain.

The Soraluce Summit took place from March 20-22, 2019 at the company’s new portal factory in Bergara, Spain.

Soraluce’s FR-W 12000 floor-type milling/boring machine features X-axis travels of 12 m and Y-axis travels of 4.5 m.

The Dynamic Workpiece Stabiliser (DWS) is designed to eliminate chatter. DWS is an active damping device that consists of a controller and one or more inertial actuators placed over the part to be machined. One of the main benefits is better surface finish in areas where the part is more flexible and during heavy-duty rough machining operations.

Advanced vision system for the alignment of large parts to be machined: The VSET measuring module uses photogrammetric technology to measure the part using several optical reference points or markers located in different areas surrounding it. Once this process is complete, the fitting system automatically compares the information obtained with the final geometry of the 3D model of the part in order to carry out an optimum calculation of the local reference points.

Soraluce was showcasing the PMG 6000 gantry milling machine for workpieces ranging to 6 meters in length.

With X-axis travels of 20 meters, the PMG-W 20000 gantry multitasking machine is one of the company’s larger models.

The new portal series offers multitasking machines with milling, boring, turning and grinding capability, while the work area and spindle heads can be adapted to customer’s requirements.

Select Machining Technologies, a division of Morris Group Inc. (Windsor, Connecticut), has signed an agreement with Soraluce (Bergara, Spain), part of the Danobat Group, for exclusive rights to distribute the company’s product line throughout the United States. The agreement was made public during the Soraluce Summit March 20-22 at Soraluce’s new portal factory.

Soraluce manufactures large milling, turning, boring and multitasking machine tools, with work envelopes ranging to 8 meters high and 90 meters long. Larger work envelopes are available on request, as the company specializes in custom and turnkey solutions. Its primary markets are Germany and Italy, but its machines are used around the world for large-part machining applications such as oil and gas equipment, industrial vehicle engine blocks, and tool, die and moldmaking equipment.

“We are very pleased to represent Soraluce in the United States,” said Brad Morris, president and CEO of Morris Group. “With the addition of Soraluce’s wide range of products, solutions and services (including large-scale, heavy-duty portal and gantry milling/boring machines exhibited here at Soraluce’s new portal factory) to our existing lineup of CNC machine tools, Morris Group’s extensive distributor network now provides an even broader suite of advanced solutions to manufacturers of metal parts.”

Soraluce has extensive experience and a strong track-record, with more than 3,000 machines sold and a high customer retention rate. According to Rafael Idigoras, managing director of Soraluce, it was an important step to enter a distribution agreement with a strong partner in the United States in order to expand and strengthen its brand presence and market share.

The distribution agreement is part of Soraluce’s Strategic Plan 2017-2020, focusing on the expansion of the company’s product range, technological differentiation, the development of customer sectors and the consolidation of Soraluce’s presence in the new international markets.

To see what was new at the Soraluce Summit, click through the slideshow above.