Magor Designs Ltd awarded Systems Partner status with Europe’s
largest robotics brand – KUKA UK
A Resolven based design and engineering
company, Magor Designs Limited, recently welcomed a number of high
profile visitors, to celebrate a significant milestone in their 50
year history. One of only eight companies in the UK, Magor has
received the prestigious accolade of ‘KUKA Systems Partner’.

Magor’s own skills, knowledge and expertise in
tooling design and automation is now backed by the resources of one
of the largest global players in the robotics market.
Ewan McConnell, managing director of Magor
Designs comments, “Magor Designs has a strong reputation in tooling
and special purpose machines but with this award of KUKA Systems
Partner, we now have the potential, backing and skills to break
into new and exciting markets with a much broader product offering
and the opportunity to further enhance our reputation.
Our customer base of global & UK based
brands will only benefit from this development, throughout the
automotive, aerospace, defence, canning, packaging sectors and
across South Wales in general. We believe this partnership
will result in a seven figure increase in Magor’s turnover within
the next few years.”
Cllr. Anthony J Taylor of Neath Port Talbot
Council comments, “Magor’s robotics lab represents an exciting
development for the company adding another dimension to its problem
solving capabilities for its customers. The company’s partnership
arrangement with KUKA, a world leader in robotic systems, is an
endorsement of the strength and innovativeness of the engineering
sector in Neath Port Talbot and the skills of the people it
employs. Magor’s commitment to providing apprenticeships will
ensure that it has the engineers with the skills needed to maximise
the opportunities that robotic systems offer to its customers to
improve efficiency within the manufacturing environment”.
Jeff Nowill, managing director of KUKA UK
comments, “We would like to take this opportunity to welcome Magor
as a KUKA System Partner. At KUKA we
are extremely proud of the way we partner with energetic
businesses, which allows them to break into exciting new markets
and expand their product offering. Magor and KUKA share many
attributes, including the drive, passion and knowledge to develop
innovative and cost effective solutions for our customer’s vast
array of applications.”