GFMS names Machine Tool Systems as its Canadian distributor

GF Machining Solutions (GFMS), Lincolnshire, Ill., has named Ontario-based machine tool distributor Machine Tool Systems as its new exclusive Canadian distributor.

The new technologies available to Machine Tool Systems from this partnership include EDM, milling, and laser texturing.

“To further intensify product focus and support with customers, we have named Machine Tool Systems as our new distributor in Canada,” said Scott Fosdick, president of GF Machining Solutions. “Their core business is providing highly engineered machine solutions for high-tech manufacturing.”

According to GFMS, current customers in Canada can expect a streamlined transition to the new distributor and will benefit from full-service support that includes a high level of product and industry specialization and an intimate knowledge of the right equipment for their particular applications. For the foreseeable future, the machine builder will directly handle the service of its Canadian customers’ equipment.

As a result of the partnership, Machine Tool Systems has hired Sean Smith to be the company’s new product manager exclusively serving the GFMS product line. Marc Erickson also has been hired as applications engineer to assist in the support of these customers.

Machine Tool Systems will launch a new, 5,000-sq.-ft. showroom in Mississauga, Ont. The showroom will be a demonstration facility equipped with working machines that are also used for applications engineering. On-hand inventory will include wire and die-sinking EDM technologies, CNC milling, grinding, and additive manufacturing.

“We are looking forward to live demonstrations of the equipment and the opportunity to show examples of GF Machining Solutions technologies to our local customers,” said John Manley, owner of Machine Tool Systems.