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Article: Amada's ambitions seen to steer toward metalcutting machines.
- Article from:
- Metalworking Insiders' Report
- Article date:
- August 4, 2008
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A world-class sheetmetal-machinery giant, Amada Co., Ltd. (Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is focusing on metalcutting machine tools including bandsaws for long-term corporate growth in and after 2011. Earlier the company mentioned a sales growth target of 350-billion yen (about $3.33-billion) for the year ending March 2012; that would be up 23% from most-recent fiscal year. A sizable portion of the hoped-for growth counts on increased production at the company's third factory complex in Toki City, Gifu Pref., immediately north of Aichi Pref. that is the center of the Japanese automotive and machinery industries.
From the city's industrial-development arm, ...