Cutting-tool specialist Mitsubishi Materials has opened its MTEC (Mitsubishi Technology and Education Centre) near Stuttgart, Germany.

The facility represents significant investment for the present and future needs of Mitsubishi’s development towards providing customers with turnkey metal-cutting solutions. MTEC houses the latest turning and milling machines, including a five-axis machining centre. Further equipment includes advanced coordinate measuring and inspection devices, together with the latest in tool-setting technology. Yutaka Tanaka, president of MMC Hardmetal Europe (Holdings) GmbH, says: “It is our expectation that this new facility will become respected for providing closer, direct engineering contact with our customers.”
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