Mazak Corporation

Mazak Corporation will invest $8.5 million in new manufacturing technology for its Florence, Kentucky iSmart Factory, including a new automated manufacturing cell with six machine tools and a storage system. Completion expected by late 2019.

Mazak Corporation has acquired MegaStir, a supplier of friction stir welding tools and technology. The acquisition expands Mazak's HYBRID Multi-Tasking Machine Technology and will establish a new FSW technology center.

Mazak has completed the first construction phase and started assembly operations at its new Inabe plant in Japan, which will manufacture large machining centres and raise production capacity by 20%.

Mazak started assembly operations at its new plant in Inabe, Japan, with a $176 million investment. The 603,000 sq ft facility will produce five-axis machining centers and increase production capacity by 20%.

Swedish tiltrotator manufacturer Steelwrist will move operations to a new fully automated production plant in Rosersberg in 2018, tripling production area and more than doubling machining capacity with a new Mazak machining center.

Mazak is building a new iSMART Factory in Inabe City, Japan, which will begin producing machine tools in 2019.

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.

Mazak Corporation has completed the installation of a new Mazak HCN-16000Q Horizontal Machining Center at its North American Manufacturing Plant in Florence, Kentucky. The machine adds capacity for producing larger components and new machine models.