Mazak VIP: Sandvik Coromant

Company Overview

Sandvik Coromant is a global leading supplier of cutting tools, tooling solutions and know-how to the metalworking industry. With extensive investments in research and development, the company creates unique innovations and sets new productivity standards together with its customers. These include the world's major automotive, aerospace and energy industries. Represented in 130 countries, Sandvik Coromant employs 8,000 people.

Collaboration Results

Mazak named Sandvik Coromant its first VIP in September 2010, as a way to develop truly optimized solutions as well as offer customers a more diverse array of technical expertise. Sandvik uses Mazak machine tools in its productivity centers as well as serves as an industry expert at several Mazak technology events. Together, these two companies help manufacturers achieve new levels of productivity and deliver innovation that truly boosts bottom lines, including the co-development of indexable inset hobbing on the Mazak INTEGREX e-420 machine as well as tooling connections and tool-changing mechanisms.

Customer Successes

Cane Creek

Located in Fletcher, North Carolina, Cane Creek is one of the world’s largest producers of high-end bicycle accessories. The company relies on the speed, power and versatility of a Mazak turning center paired with Sandvik Coromant cutting tools to bring more of its manufacturing needs in house. Because Mazak and Sandvik Coromant were able to provide Cane Creek with a total solution, the company has reduced its lead times and costs as well as increased its speed to market for new products. Read More