Price Increases Imminent

As December approaches we are faced with the inevitable price increases by the manufacturers. However, don’t be too disheartened, as price increases have an upside too. Buying extra stock now, means you can maximise your profits after the prices increase.

Price increases as follows:

Acorn are committed to providing our customers with the new price lists as they become available - Totally free of charge. The files are available in Excel and CSV file formats but not everyone wants to see the prices onscreen so we have created special print-friendly versions in pdf format. To gain access to these files please send an email to: info@acorn-ind.co.uk and a link where you can download the files will be send to you.

New Appointment:

Clive Simkins - Your Industry Specialist

Clive Simkins has been appointed as Business Development Manager at Acorn. Clive, a former SKF employee of 18 years, has experience in many aspects of the industry including internal & external sales, distribution, technical advice, training and commercial, equipping him with an excellent understanding of the bearing and power transmission marketplace. Drawing on Clive's experience will enable us to help you even more and provide solutions for you and your customers. If you would like to speak to Clive, or you would like to arrange a visit, you can contact him on Tel:07947 999789.

Sales team focus

With many different manufactures available in the bearing and power transmission industry, Acorn are ensuring staff have up-to-date training on products, equipping them with the knowledge and expertise needed to help customers.

• Rob Bird - Midlands Branch
• Lynne Meredith - Rotherham Depot
• Helen Burkinshaw - Rotherham Depot

All three experienced members of the sales team attended the NKE Bearing College in Steyr for a two day course. The course covers detailed information on the many type of bearings, bearing life and fatigue mechanisms, handling mounting and dismounting and technical information such as tolerances precision and accuracy which provides a useful refresher course.

Ashley Langford & Mark Turner have recently attended a similar course at the Megadyne polyurethane belt factory in Turin, Italy.

Well Done Guys!

If you would like to attend courses for NKE or Megadyne in Austria, Italy or the UK, please contact Des Spillings for details of future events.