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Mazak Optonics history
Mazak Optonics company history timeline
1987 Mazak brings lasers to the United States through the jointly owned company, Nissho Iwai, for the marketing, sales, service and support of laser-cutting systems and introduces the first machine designed for laser production from the ground up.
While in 1988, it first exported the CNC machine tools to Japan.
1990 Mazak introduces the first constant beam based laser delivery system.
1991 Yamazaki Machinery U.K. received a Best in the World Companies Award in the machine tool field from the Swedish Royal Academy of Science
1992 Queen's Award for Export Achievement" awarded to Yamazaki Mazak U.K. Ltd.
1993 Developed PALLETECH MANUFACTURING SYSTEM which can be easily expanded
1993 Mazak patents a one-pass load/unload automation system.
1995 Mazak Corporation received a Philip B Crosby Award
1997 Developed multi-tasking machine with Y-axis, INTEGREX 200Y
2000 Mazak becomes the first laser manufacturer to offer parts sorting for laser machines.
Starting in 2001, Mazak Corporation didn’t stop spreading their wings.
2002 Developed new generation, world-class machine tools produced worldwide, NEXUS series
2005 Established World Technology Center in Minokamo, Japan
2005 Mazak dissolves Nissho Iwai into Mazak Optonics Corporation and introduces the first completely automated setup function for lasers.
2006 Completed Minokamo Plant 2
2007 "Queen's Award for Export Achievement" awarded to Yamazaki Mazak U.K. Ltd.
2007 Developed compact multi-tasking machine, INTEGREX i-150
2008 it completed the underground factory of Yamazaki Mazak Optonics Corporation.
And in August same year (2010) it opened the Dalian Technology Center in China.
2011 Mazak Optonics Corporation introduces the Optiplex Fiber laser-cutting system.
In 2012, they opened Poland Technology Center and Czech Technology.
2014 was the year that they celebrated the 40th anniversary of Mazak Corporation production in the United StatesA while also introducing the two Hybrid multi-tasking machines.
In early 2015, they introduced the MAZAK iSMART Factory concept.
And together with Cisco, they developed MAZAK SMARTBOX, a “launch platform for easy and highly secure entrance into the Industrial Internet of the Things (IloT). In 2016, it opened the Setouchi Technology, Hungary Technology Center, China Parts Center, and Opened the Aerospace Technology Center.
2017 is also a busy and productive year for the corporation since early that year it announced the Muratec (AS/RS) and Mazak Collaboration.
In 2018, the Inabe plant in Inabe City, Mie prefecture starts operation after completion of the first stage of construction.
Yamazaki Mazak is celebrating its 100th anniversary in business in 2019.
Elgin, Illinois, October 2020 Mazak Optonics has confirmed expansion plans for their North American Headquarters located in Elgin, Illinois
Mazak plans for the expansion project to be completed in the spring of 2021, and once complete, it will bring more than 20,000 square-feet of additional operational facilities.
2021 Developed 3D fiber laser processing machine FG-220
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