Expanding engineering company located in Bundaberg, Queensland has commissioned its third Okuma machine
SS Engineering Services Pty Ltd first opened its doors in 2009. It is located in Kensington, Bundaberg and has steadily developed over the years. The treasured family business has just commissioned its third Okuma machine a GENOS M660 Vertical Machining centre with OSP300MA Control.
Okuma was the machine of choice with reliability and accuracy the principle factors. Owner, Scott Svensson had worked on Okuma machines during his apprenticeship and knew how reliable and accurate they were and this has become more important given the clients the company has established over the past thirteen years.
Providing clients with engineering services including CNC Turning and CNC Milling, fabrication, product development, prototype design and reverse engineering plus general engineering services, the company today services a diverse range of clients. These include mining, agriculture, aviation, horticulture, earthmoving, automotive, medical, also the renewable energy sector plus general engineering.
Svensson and his team also take full advantage of the 12 months’ unlimited training offered by Okuma and the Queensland Okuma team provide fast and reliable service from their Brisbane base.
“My engineers know the Okuma machines well allowing job sharing and flexibility. The new machine will give us increased capacity which will be a great help, especially at present when we have a mountain of work on. It also opens up new markets where we could not quote on in the past,” Svensson said.
“Retiring an older alternative brand machine, the selection process for the new machine considered a number of factors and we couldn’t go past the back-up service, spare parts availability, quality and reputation of Okuma in the market, echoed by other engineering shops in Queensland,” he said.
“Our Okuma Queensland branch is proud to work with SS Engineering in the supply of quality machine tool options, service and application support,” said Queensland Branch Manager John Baker. “We are looking forward to working with Scott and his team to achieve the full potential of the new GENOS M660,” he said.
SS Engineering Services currently has a busy workload supporting the industries in the area but is always open to further opportunities and Svensson has plans in the longer term to add another two machinists to supplement the current workforce he employs at the facility.