The Ham-Let Group (UK) has signed an agreement with BOC Edwards, the vacuum equipment manufacturer, to supply valves and fittings to the company’s manufacturing and servicing facilities world-wide. The deal is worth around GBP 2.4 million a year. Tony Hunter, BOC Edwards’s global supply manager explained: “Ham-Let was the only company who able to negotiate a single world-wide pricing and discount structure. For the last three years we have been using them to supply a limited range of components. During that time we have purchased over a quarter of a million fittings and have not had a single quality or delivery problem.”
