Yamazaki Mazak Corporation
Yamazaki Mazak Corporation is a machine tool builder based in Oguchi, Japan. In the United States and European Union it is known as Mazak.
History
The company was founded in 1919 in Nagoya by Sadakichi Yamazaki as a small company making pots and pans.[1] During the 1920s it progressed through mat-making machinery to woodworking machinery to metalworking machine tools, especially lathes.[2] The company was part of Japan's industrial buildup before and during World War II, then, like the rest of Japanese industry, was humbled by the war's outcome. During the 1950s and 1960s, under the founder's sons, Yamazaki revived, and during the 1960s it established itself as an exporter to the American market.[3] During the 1970s and 1980s it established a larger onshore presence in the U.S., including tool-building operations,[4] and since then it has become one of the most important companies in that market and the global machine tool market.
See also
MazaCAM programming system for Mazak CNC machine-tools.
References
- ^ Holland 1989, p. 109.
- ^ Holland 1989, pp. 109–110.
- ^ Holland 1989, pp. 119–125.
- ^ Holland 1989, pp. 238, 267–268.
Bibliography
- Holland, Max (1989), When the Machine Stopped: A Cautionary Tale from Industrial America, Boston: Harvard Business School Press, ISBN 978-0-87584-208-0, OCLC 246343673.