Ceratizit Opens U.S. Sales & Distribution for Woodworking Tooling

CONOVER, NC - Ceratizit S. A., based in Mamer, Luxembourg, says it has launched Toolmaker Solutions by Ceratizit in partnership with its U.S. trading partner, Southeast Tool, Conover, GA. The initiative is aimed at providing faster and better response for customer needs in the U.S. and Canada.

"Our distribution partner has earned a solid reputation for quality and guarantees outstanding customer service," says Rolf Kösters, Managing Director of the Business Unit. "These changes underline our goal to offer the best service for toolmakers in the wood working industry." 

Southeast Tool has already begun to process orders requiring rapid delivery of standard saw tips and pre-tinned saw tips from Toolmaker Solutions by Ceratizit. A wide product range available in stock from other company sites in Portland, OR and Cambridge, Ontario in Canada, guarantees very short delivery times.

Other services include:

Individual solutions straight from the development department - Also the development of individual products for customers in North America is carried out quickly and comfortably by CERATIZIT. In future the technical consultants from Toolmaker Solutions by CERATIZIT will create and assist projects for key customers and complex technical solutions directly at the CERATIZIT headquarters in Mamer, Luxembourg. This ensures short and direct communication between the production department and the customer.

Global presence for toolmakers - The new distribution structure is part of a worldwide strategy to reinforce the local presence for the customers. The customer can order products from Toolmaker Solutions by CERATIZIT also from the distribution partners grascheUSA and Southeast Tool (North America), Rodel (Poland), METAL DISC SRL (Romania), Kame (Bulgaria) and CRI (Russia) as well as Elena Mukiyevskaya (Ukraine).

In Asia the top-class brand for sales is represented by the CB-CERATIZIT joint venture. "We have listened to our customers and are confident that the extended organisation will benefit both key accounts and standard customers in terms of product availability and service capabilities."

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