Makino
What does Makino do?
Being not familiar with engineering, I was not sure of what Makino does and only vaguely knew that it produced machines. After some research, I found that Makino was a machine tool manufacturer, or as their website puts it:"Makino is a company of many dimensions. Makino is really many companies in one: A world leader in metal cutting and manufacturing technology. A manufacturer of horizontal machining centers, vertical machining centers, wire EDM and ram EDM machines, and graphite machining centers. A software company and an application engineering company. A service company and a financing company. A turnkey engineering company and an integration services company. An automation company and a machine tool supplies company. A training company and a process technology company. A global company and a local company. That's why Makino is all a manufacturer needs to machine parts more accurately, productively and at a lower cost per part." - www.makino.com
The vast amount of products produced by Makino impressed me, and I was amazed how the company's work stretches across so many manufacturing industries, being involved in aerospace, automotive, medical, die casting and other general production and automation industries. Makino's products have helped to dramatically increase the productivity of these industries and the precision and quality of the products.
Reflections
At Makino, I hope to get a glimpse of the technology that goes behind the production of such machine tools and the innovation process behind Makino's machine tools, how a problem is identified and how solutions are devised. I would also like to find out how the company distinguishes itself in the face of competition from others.
Being not familiar with engineering, I was not sure of what Makino does and only vaguely knew that it produced machines. After some research, I found that Makino was a machine tool manufacturer, or as their website puts it:"Makino is a company of many dimensions. Makino is really many companies in one: A world leader in metal cutting and manufacturing technology. A manufacturer of horizontal machining centers, vertical machining centers, wire EDM and ram EDM machines, and graphite machining centers. A software company and an application engineering company. A service company and a financing company. A turnkey engineering company and an integration services company. An automation company and a machine tool supplies company. A training company and a process technology company. A global company and a local company. That's why Makino is all a manufacturer needs to machine parts more accurately, productively and at a lower cost per part." - www.makino.com
The vast amount of products produced by Makino impressed me, and I was amazed how the company's work stretches across so many manufacturing industries, being involved in aerospace, automotive, medical, die casting and other general production and automation industries. Makino's products have helped to dramatically increase the productivity of these industries and the precision and quality of the products.
Reflections
At Makino, I hope to get a glimpse of the technology that goes behind the production of such machine tools and the innovation process behind Makino's machine tools, how a problem is identified and how solutions are devised. I would also like to find out how the company distinguishes itself in the face of competition from others.