Two men with more than 50 years’ combined experience in the woodworking industry have teamed up to provide UK sales and service for four woodworking machinery manufacturers.

Premier Woodworking Machinery Ltd has been set up by Eric Whorne to handle sales for Langzauner, Burkle, Saom and Casadei.

Installations and servicing will be carried out by Jim Pounder, who has formed service com-pany IWMS. The men worked together at a large woodworking machinery manufacturer.

Mr Whorne said: ‘We have been very encouraged by the response from the trade, both from manufacturers and customers.’ The latter include kitchen and door manufacturers.

Austrian firm Langzauner manufactures presses, veneer equipment, guillotines and throughfeed edge sanders.

Mr Whorne said interest in Langzauner had been encouraging since its equipment was launched in the UK in 2000.

Saom makes CNC machining centres and routers and Casadei manufactures beam saws, moulders and large wide-belt sanders.