Ambitious to support grinder business

According to reports from Japanese media, OKUMA Limited has recently announced that it will support the grinding machine business. It is reported that Daxie will set up a new "Grinder Center" at the technical headquarters and implement a one-stop process from design to business technology to installation and delivery. The number of grinders has increased to about 40 people, an increase of 30% compared to the previous period. In addition, Otsuka will also develop new models and some newer machines and put them into markets such as Asia. As a result, Amnesty plans to increase the sales of the grinding machine business in March 2015 to about 6 billion yen (approximately 0.7656 billion yen). (USD), doubled compared to the March 2012 period.

It is reported that Amnesty’s consolidated sales for the March 2012 period was 140.5 billion yen (US$179.98 million), of which the grinding machine business accounted for more than 2%. Although Otsuka is also engaged in cylindrical and internal numerical control (NC) grinding machines, Daejeon still concentrates its operating resources on the main lathes, multi-process CNC machine tools (MC), and compound processing machines. The annual sales of grinders have not increased.

It is understood that due to the large number of professional players competing in the field of grinding machines, whether to retain the grinding machine business has become a big issue. At the beginning of 2012, Daxie conducted a cautious discussion in various aspects. As a result, there is room for survival in the basic technology of grinding machines.