The new Sulzer Pumps Glasgow office has been an amazing success. Since the official opening in September 2007 the sales group has taken over $18 million in new business orders. With more hot prospects in the pipeline, the level of success is all the more impressive considering it was achieved during the start up phase.

The office is more than a sales operation though, full pump and package design capability means that many of the orders won by the sales group are being engineered by their colleagues in the same location. Direct links via the Leeds factory to the company network allows the engineering team to be a fully contributing member of the global Sulzer Pumps engineering community. The current value of orders being engineered for production by the Glasgow office is currently in excess of $40 million covering a wide range of products and market sectors.

Working closely with their colleagues, the Glasgow based purchasing team is active in procuring castings and other raw materials needed to produce many of the pumps sold or engineered from the office.

The speed with which the team, currently numbering 18 people, has integrated into the Sulzer Pumps organisation has been at the core of their success. Their determination to succeed has impressed everyone who has visited the offices from other Sulzer locations. It is expected more people may be needed in the near future in order to support the ever increasing workload; the office layout has been designed to accommodate this expansion.