MSS Lasers to expand laser cutting operations with $5.3M funding
MSS Lasers (Rugby, England), provider of refurbished laser cutting machines, says it is set to grow further within existing local and international markets and create more jobs following $5.3 million dollars in funding from Santander Corporate & Commercial.
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Founded in 2003 by Carlos Gonzalez-Lee, MSS Lasers says it is the UK's largest independent service provider of laser cutting machines in the sheet/plate-working industry. It also supplies high-pressure nitrogen generation equipment.
The funding from Santander Corporate & Commercial will help the businesses to further expand its operations. The investment will also support its local presence in the UK and Spain and the hiring of six new staff to support growth.
MSS Lasers managing director Carlos Gonzalez-Lee said, "These are exciting times for the business as we increase our presence in key regions across Europe, as well as building on our local presence in the UK. Santander has been integral to our success, and we're delighted to be working with the team."
Leon Sloyan, Relationship Director, Santander Corporate & Commercial, said, "The management team at MSS Lasers have a clear vision for the business. This is a true local success story, which has grown enormously, and I’m wholly confident that they will continue to succeed in this endeavour."
SOURCE: MSS Lasers; http://msslasers.com/
Gail Overton | Senior Editor (2004-2020)
Gail has more than 30 years of engineering, marketing, product management, and editorial experience in the photonics and optical communications industry. Before joining the staff at Laser Focus World in 2004, she held many product management and product marketing roles in the fiber-optics industry, most notably at Hughes (El Segundo, CA), GTE Labs (Waltham, MA), Corning (Corning, NY), Photon Kinetics (Beaverton, OR), and Newport Corporation (Irvine, CA). During her marketing career, Gail published articles in WDM Solutions and Sensors magazine and traveled internationally to conduct product and sales training. Gail received her BS degree in physics, with an emphasis in optics, from San Diego State University in San Diego, CA in May 1986.