# Mazak digitises Oguchi plant, building iSMART Factory in Inabe

Mazak has fully digitised its manufacturing plant in Oguchi, Japan, using MTConnect and SmartBox technology. The company is also building a new iSMART Factory in Inabe City, Japan, which will begin producing machine tools in 2019.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-08-24
- Where: Oguchi, Japan, Japan
- Status: completed
- Products: horizontal and multi-tasking machines
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Mazak Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/17496.md)

## Sources

- [metalworkingnews.info](https://metalworkingnews.info/mazak-adds-another-plant-to-its-smart-network/), 2017-08-24: "At Mazak, we've experienced double-digit increases in productivity and machine utilisation in each facility immediately after the implementation of digital process monitoring through MTConnect and our SmartBox technology."

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