NUM Opens Second Facility in China

CNC specialist NUM has opened a second branch in China. NUM now operates 13 facilities around the globe, in addition to its headquarters in Teufen, Switzerland.

In China, NUM has until now operated a single facility, located in Shanghai. The second facility — based in Guangzhou in the south of the country — will provide customer-focused sales and application development, as well as enhanced customer support services.

Guangzhou is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province, situated about 75 miles from Hong Kong. The region features a large number of private companies involved in the construction of special machines, representing a potentially large market for the technical control solutions offered by NUM.

"With the facility in Guangzhou, we can now respond much faster to customer inquiries and further expand our market presence. We have been represented in China, Taiwan and India for many years, and this step now further strengthens our position", Longwei Jiang, general manager in China, says. The Guangzhou facility will be managed by Guobing Lu.

Adrian Kiener, CSO for Asia, and Jiang built up the branch in the south of China. The office premises are located in the Huangpu District, a business area with a modern office complex. “By opening the Guangzhou office, we are leveraging our growth potential. At the same time, the Chinese team expands our competencies in sales, service and after-sales support,” Kiener says.

NUM believes that Guangzhou, as a high-tech location, will strongly shape the CNC market in the future and strongly promote the development potential for CNC-control technology.