From 1 July 2004 the company will join a new group of companies headed by Stemmer Imaging of Germany, described as Europe's largest and most successful distribitor in the sector
Since starting over seven years ago, Firstsight Vision says it has grown from simple roots into the foremost distributor of industrial and scientific vision components in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
From 1 July 2004 the company will join a new group of companies headed by Stemmer Imaging of Germany, described as Europe's largest and most successful distributor in the sector having been in business for over 30 years.
With a group turnover in excess of €25 million and a significant overlap of product portfolio, Firstsight says the new group will improve the service to its customers by consolidating stock and ordering, thus enabling it to offer more products on significantly shorter lead-times and at better pricing - along with enhanced technical information and support.
By taking advantage of the economy of scale provided by working at an European level, the company will be able to rapidly introduce a number of service enhancements including an innovative web-based technical support knowledge base and online access to product pricing and availability, some of which it says are not possible when operating solely at a local level.
The management and staff in the Tongham office will remain unchanged and all customer interaction will continue to be handled as before.
