# Metalex Manufacturing invests in large-scale Droop+Rein portal machining centre

Metalex Manufacturing has selected Starrag to supply a large-capacity, multi-axis Droop+Rein portal-type machining centre for its new Center for Advanced Large Manufacturing in Cincinnati, Ohio. The machine is the largest ever installed by the contract manufacturer.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2018-09-27
- Where: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- Status: announced
- Capacity: machining envelope up to 19m table length, 9.5m between columns, 7m under spindle
- Products: large-capacity multi-axis portal machining centre
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Metalex Manufacturing](https://endata.com/companies/19091.md)
- [Starrag](https://endata.com/companies/16535.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [airframer.com](https://www.airframer.com/news/release/starrag-meets-metalex-s-big-machining-plans-with-large-scale-six-axis-droop), 2018-09-27: "The machine – the largest ever installed by the contract manufacturer – will provide it with the ultimate in flexible production capacity to meet all foreseeable demands."
- [aero-mag.com](https://www.aero-mag.com/starrag-meets-metalexs-big-machining-plans), 2018-10-01: "The machine – the largest ever installed by the contract manufacturer – will provide it with the ultimate in flexible production capacity to meet all foreseeable demands."

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