CNC Machine Tool Product Lines
Seven manufacturers, one local dealer for sales, installation, service, and parts.
Makino
Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd. was founded in 1937 by Tsunezo Makino and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Makino’s Tokyo research and development team introduced the first commercially viable horizontal machining center, and the company developed Japan’s first NC milling machine (1958) and first machining center (1966). Today Makino builds horizontal and vertical machining centers, 5-axis machines, graphite machining centers, wire and sinker EDMs, and automation used by manufacturers in more than 40 countries.
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YCM Alliance
YCM (Yeong Chin Machinery Industries Co., Ltd.) was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Taichung, Taiwan, where it operates its own in-house foundry, controlling the process from casting and machining to spindle assembly and final build. In the U.S., YCM machines are supported by YCM Technology (USA), Inc. through the YCM Alliance, a group of complementary machine tool brands, dealers, and application experts. YCM’s range includes vertical and horizontal machining centers, CNC turning centers, and 5-axis double column machining centers.
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INDEX
INDEX-Werke was founded in Esslingen, Germany, in 1914 by Hermann Hahn, beginning with automatic turret turning machines. INDEX began building multi-spindle turning machines in 1975, moved early into CNC, and in 1997 brought TRAUB into the INDEX Group, which runs INDEX and TRAUB as two brands. The group builds CNC production turning machines, multi-spindle automatic lathes, turn-mill centers, sliding headstock (Swiss-type) lathes, and universal and vertical turning machines.
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Expand Machinery
Expand Machinery traces its roots to 1985, when it began as a small family business in California with a goal of delivering high-value, productive machine tools. Its range includes GEN TURN multi-tasking machines, including CNC Swiss and twin-spindle turn-mill machines, and GEN MILL 3- to 5-axis CNC milling centers, built in ISO-9001 facilities in Japan or Taiwan.
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Chevalier
Chevalier Machinery, Inc. is the U.S. branch of Falcon Machine Tools Co., Ltd., a Taiwanese machine tool manufacturer established in 1978 and listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. Falcon opened its U.S. branch in the Los Angeles area in 1982, and Chevalier’s showroom, parts, distribution and training center is in Santa Fe Springs, California. Chevalier builds manual, automatic and CNC surface and profile grinders, cylindrical and double column grinders, vertical and slant-bed lathes, multi-axis turning/milling lathes, and vertical machining centers for industries such as aerospace, energy, medical, automotive, semiconductor, and job shops.
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Vision Wide
Vision Wide Tech Co., Ltd. was founded in Taiwan in 1999 and began operating in 2000. The company designs, manufactures, sells, and services CNC machine tools, with a focus on cost-efficient, high-precision double column (bridge-type) machining centers for large parts.
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Honor Seiki
Honor Seiki Co., Ltd. was established in 1987 and is based in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Honor Seiki specializes in CNC vertical lathes and vertical turning centers, along with customized and turnkey machining solutions for large, heavy workpieces in industries such as aerospace, energy, and general precision manufacturing.
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