Metronor USA re-structuring to better support customers through tough times

Metronor is announcing a comprehensive re-focusing of American activities to better support customers through challenging times. With an increasing focus on short-term return-on-investment through cost savings from in-process geometry assurance activities, Metronor is gearing up to better support the requirement’s of the market.

”With the downturn in the economy, Metronor has found our products very well positioned to meet the market’s requirement for short-term cost savings and efficiency gains. Arguably, no other system comes close to offering accurate large-volume probing at the same affordable prices as Metronor, and our customers typically use their systems to improve processes, cut costs and improve product – now more important than ever.

We see a strengthening trend towards in-process geometry assurance, in some cases diverting investments from traditional end-of-line inspection to maximize short-term return-on-investment. It is critical for our customers – and us – that we and our sales partners excel in assisting our current and prospective customers to improve their competitive position” says Øyvind Røtvold, CEO of Metronor Group. 

”Therefore, we have decided to re-focus our activities in America, and we are very pleased to announce the hiring of Mr. Jack Petry to head up these activities.”

Mr. Petry is a Six-Sigma Black Belt and ISO lead auditor with extensive experience using geometry assurance as a means to improve company performance and results. For years, Metronor has been one of Mr. Petry’s tools to generate the kind of improvements and cost savings needed today. With in-depth knowledge about the practical use of Metronor systems, a keen awareness of the greater challenges in today’s industry and extensive experience in bringing these together, Mr. Petry brings substantial value to the entire Metronor organization – and our customers and prospects.

Says Troy Niehaus, President of Metronor Inc: ”We are confident our American customers and prospects will see added value from their Metronor systems with the level of process improvement knowledge based on geometry assurance that our organization now can offer them. In tough times it is particularly important to continually look for opportunities to improve, and that is just what Metronor and our technology can offer.”