Mazak distributor Northwest Machine, serving
Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Western Wisconsin, will host a special
grand opening for its new headquarters in Rogers, Minn. The event, scheduled for April
30 – May 1, will feature facility tours, advanced manufacturing system demonstrations
and technical seminars. A special student day on April 29 will kick off the event and
have local manufacturers discuss careers in the industry with area youth.
As the manufacturing sector continues to grow in Minnesota and the surrounding region,
Northwest Machine, through its new 22,600-sq-ft facility, can offer higher levels of
customer support. The company will provide even more localized technical training,
service and applications support as well as engineered turnkey manufacturing systems
and automation solutions.
“We’ve been a business partner with Mazak for 30 years, and like them, our goal is to
always provide more than just the industry’s most advanced machine tool technology,”
said Joel Lundin, CEO of Northwest Machine. “As a result of the new building, we
significantly raise the bar on our level of value-added services that accompany that
technology.”
Northwest Machine employs 18 people, four of which are engineers, at the new
headquarters. With the additional space, the company has expanded its tooling,
accessories and applications engineering department, its service and training
departments and robot automation division, as well as its technology center area. The
building also features ample office space, a large conference room and vendor/supplier
lounge area.
The new Northwest Machine training area accommodates up to 16 people. Customers
can now send employees to be trained locally without having them spend long periods
of time away from the workplace.
With its expansive new technology center area, Northwest Machine is able to engineer,
test and prove out more turnkey manufacturing systems, including those that are large
and extensive. Also, the company installed a permanent robot in one area of the
technology center exclusively for training purposes.
Northwest Machine’s all-encompassing in-house automation division not only offers
hands-on robot training courses, but also works closely with Mazak’s Automation and
Systems Group to furnish customers full robot integration services for their Mazak
machines. Customers further benefit from Mazak’s comprehensive approach to
automation solutions together with the local expert service and support from Northwest
Machine to boost productivity through better machine utilization.
“We are committed to the robot automation business, and we have had the experienced
and dedicated staff in place to support it for quite some time,” said Lundin. “With our
new facility, we further build upon that commitment to provide a one-stop source for
automation systems and services partnered with the most advanced machine tools in
the industry that, together, will allow customers to continuously increase productivity and
maintain cost effectiveness.”
Watch for more grand opening event information at www.nwmtec.com.
Northwest Machine Grand Opening
