Okuma Corporation (Japan), started operations of a new factory built by Tatung-Okuma Co. Ltd. of Taiwan (hereinafter, TOC) in Yingge District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, in August 2018.
■ Background of construction of the new TOC factory
Demand for machine tools continues to expand globally with the progress of economic development in emerging countries and with production innovation spreading throughout the world.
Based on the idea of "Made in Japan to Win Around the World," Okuma has promoted the redevelopment of its factories in Japan. In May 2013 with a smart factory designed fo self-contained start-to-finish production, at the head office (Oguchi-cho, Niwa-gun, Aichi Prefecture), Okuma has been operating DS1 (Dream Site 1) since May 2013 and DS2 (Dream Site 2) since March 2017, using high-efficiency and high added-value production with the advances of IIoT. Subsequently, in August this year Okuma began construction of the Kani 6th Factory (K6) in order to develop a smart factory at our Kani Plant (Kani City, Gifu Prefecture).
Okuma premium products such as our double-column machining centers, 5-axis machining centers, multitasking machines, will be performing highly efficient production in Japan's smart factories.
On the other hand, in order for Okuma to grow even more globally, we need to expand our customer base worldwide, including in the emerging Asian countries. TOC is to produce a global strategic machine for this purpose.
At TOC, we manufacture GENOS brand lathes and vertical machining centers that provide the basic functions and performance of machine tools, and have high quality at affordable price levels, targeted to promoting sales in Asia and other global markets.
The former factory of TOC aged with time, and since it was small, expansion of production capacity and high efficiency became an issue. Therefore, we decided to construct a smart factory that utilizes IIoT at the new site, aim for high efficiency production and increase production of GENOS brand products.
In addition, we opened a showroom adjacent to the new factory and are displaying various premium Okuma products such as 5-axis machining centers, multitasking machines, and GENOS products produced at TOC to expand sales in Taiwan and the Asian market.
■ Outline of the New TOC Factory
Location
No.14-2, Donghu Rd., Yingge Dist., New Taipei City 239, Taiwan