Intermet opens engineering offices in Europe, Japan.Intermet Corp., Troy, Michigan Troy is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 80,959, the 12th largest city in Michigan by population. , has established a European Engineering Center based at its European Headquarters in Saarbrucken, Germany. "This new engineering facility will complement the capabilities of our technical center in Lynchburg, Virginia Lynchburg is an independent city located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2006 census, the city had a total population of 67,720, but is at about 70,000 residents as of 2007. , and engineering center in Troy, Michigan," said Laurence Vine-Chatterton, president of Intermet Europe. "This facility is part of an emergent global network of engineering and research and development operations that are working closely together to better serve our customers around the world." The European Engineering Center will bring product design, manufacturing engineering Manufacturing engineering Engineering activities involved in the creation and operation of the technical and economic processes that convert raw materials, energy, and purchased items into components for sale to other manufacturers or into end products for and process-simulation services to a growing roster of European automotive customers. The new center also will help Intermet's automotive OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and system-supplier customers become more competitive by resolving technical issues, enhancing their existing products and bringing new ones to market more quickly. In other Intermet news, the firm also has opened a sales and engineering office in Tokyo, Japan to support its automotive customers in the Asia-Pacific region. The facility will house sales engineering personnel and support staff who will be responsible for creating brand awareness, expanding sales distribution channels and increasing demand for Intermet products. "Our competitive strength depend on our ability to develop product that meet the needs of automotive OEM and system suppliers wherever they are located," said Terry C. Graessle, vice president of sales and marketing at Intermet. Added Tom Prucha, vice president of technical services at Intermet, "A we continue to expand our market penetration Noun 1. market penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" into the Japanese, Chinese and Korean automotive industries Automotive Industries, Ltd. (Hebrew: תעשיות רכב נצרת עלית, תע"ר , the need for personnel and technical services to support this activity globally is increasing dramatically. "This has been the case with our customers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe, and now these manufacturers are relying more on their key suppliers for critical design and analysis to support new product introduction," said Prucha. |
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