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Mazak to Increase Output on Sustained Demand

entucky plant to produce up to 150 CNC machines per month

, 2011-04-01 (All day)

merican Machinist

achine tool builder Mazak is increasing the production rate at its Florence, Ky., manufacturing plant, in respons

stained strong demand. The current output there is about 120 CNC machines per month but Mazak aims to reac

0 units per month by midyear, and hopes to be producing 150 units per month by years end.

n terms of dollar value, the company states, this will represent the largest output ever produced at the plant, du

rgely to market demand shifting the production mix to favor larger and more complex multi-tasking models of

achines.

peaking to reporters in 2009, in the midst of the recession and at the bottom of its demand cycle, Mazak presiden

ian Papke indicated the Kentucky plant was producing 50 CNC machines per month.

he increase in demand has been steady since last summer, and particularly since last September in the aftermath

MTS 2010, the industrys biennial equipment expo.

he Florence, Ky., plant has been the site of a $13-million expansion program recently. Over the past two years,

azak continued to invest heavily in the ongoing productivity of our U.S. production facility, despite the poor

onomic conditions of 2009, Brian Papke said.

urther investments are continuing this year, including another five-axis double-column machining centers for larrt production and a laser-processing cell for sheet metal fabrication.

We have further refined and improved our Production on Demand system to become extremely responsive to re

me customer needs, Papke said. Additionally, a high level of vertical integration allows us tremendous control

acting to market conditions. With the present value of the dollar, we will be exporting more machines in future

onths from our Florence plant, in addition to building for domestic manufacturers.

roduction on Demand is a manufacturing strategy that coordinates resources, technologies, and manufacturing

ocesses to reduce waste in the production process. Mazak states that continuous training and development of t

orkforce has created a lean culture, that makes its U.S. manufacturing operation globally competitive.

azak Corp. is the U.S. subsidiary of Y amazaki Mazak, and its Kentucky plant manufactures over 100 different

achines tools.

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