Appointment of Non-executive

RNS Number : 2883U

600 Group PLC

23 June 2009

 



APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The 600 Group PLC, ("600 Group" or the "Company"), the manufacturer and distributor of precision engineering products to international markets, is pleased to announce that Christopher (Chris) John Cundy, aged 48, will be appointed to the Board as an independent non-executive director with effect from 1 August 2009. He will also join the Company's Audit and Remuneration Committees on that date. 

Chris was appointed by VT Group plc ("VT" or the "Group") from KPMG in 1993 as Group Accountant. He was promoted to the position of Finance Director in 1997 and became a main board director of the Group in 1999.  Chris is currently Commercial Director at VT, a role which he has held since January 2006.

There are no further disclosures relating to Chris Cundy required under paragraph 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules.

For further information, please contact:
The 600 Group PLC	Tel: [phone]
David Norman, Chief Executive
Martyn Wakeman, Finance Director
Rawlings Financial PR Limited	Tel: [phone]
Catriona Valentine
Keeley Clarke

Notes to Editors:

The 600 Group PLC is the UK's largest machine tool company operating from a number of locations worldwide and sells its products into more than 180 countries. The Group has two core areas of business activity centred on machine tools and laser marking excellence:

	Machine Tool Division: 600 Group is one of the world's leading names in the manufacture and global distribution of state-of-the-art machine tools. Principal products within the internationally renowned Colchester-Harrison range include Tornado CNC turning centres, Alpha CNC combination lathes, Storm vertical machining centres and conventional centre lathes. Important parts of this division are:
	-	The 600 Europe operations in West Yorkshire and Stuttgart, Germany, distribute 600 Group products throughout the UK, Continental Western and Central Europe.  Additionally, it distributes workholding accessories under the Parat brand.
	-	600 North America, based in Michigan, supplies Group products throughout the USA and Canada, including the Clausing range of machine tools.
	-	The Group's international distribution centres also stock and ship a wide range of workholding accessories manufactured for other machine builders, most of which are manufactured in the Group's UK facilities. These accessories include manual and power chucking products from Pratt Burnerd, workholding products from Crawford Collets and precision machine tool bearings from Gamet Bearings.
	-	To support these comprehensive product ranges, a complete technical support service is available for all customers, including on-site service engineering and extensive spare parts stockholding for the installed base of existing machines.
	Laser Marking Division: Electrox provides laser marking solutions for a huge range of materials and applications, through its operations in the UK and USA.  Electrox is one of the few truly integrated manufacturers of laser marking systems in the world, taking end-to-end responsibility for every aspect of design, development and production of both hardware and software technologies.

 

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