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News Release from: Gibbs and Associates
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 August 2005
Mazak and Gibbs Enter Into Collaboration
Gibbs and Associates and Mazak-USA have entered into a strategic collaborative partnership agreement to optimise support for Mazak's multi-task CNC machine tools.
Gibbs and Associates, developer of GibbsCAM, CAM software for programming CNC machine tools, and Mazak-USA (Florence, Kentucky, USA) have announced that they have entered into a strategic collaborative partnership agreement, to optimise support for Mazak's multi-task CNC machine tools, such as the Integrex, Integrex E-Series, Multiplex, Quick Turn Nexus, and Super Quick Turn (SQT) model The companies have entered into a non-disclosure agreement which will allow them to exchange information about and collaborate on next generation solutions
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 30 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We are extremely pleased to be partnering with Mazak to support their line of multi-task machine tools," stated Robb Weinstein, Gibbs and Associates' senior vice-president of Sales and Strategic Planning.
"Multi-task machine tools represent one of the fastest growing segments of machine tools and Mazak is the leading provider worldwide.
As a matter of fact, Mazak customers already make up a significant percentage of GibbsCAM MTM users".
He continued: "Working with Mazak, GibbsCAM will provide a powerful NC programming solution able to support the wide variety of capabilities and configurations Mazak offers.
With GibbsCAM, Mazak users will have the capability, flexibility, and ease of use needed to optimise the productivity of their Mazak machine tools".
The growing popularity and demand of Mazak multi-task machine tools is due to a number of significant benefits they offer, as follows.
* Reduction of Part Cost.
* Increased Throughput.
* Even Shipment Flow and Cash Flow.
* Increased Part Accuracy and Improvement of Design.
* Fixture and Tooling Reduction.
* Unattended Operation.
* Set-up Reduction.
* Reduction of Non Value-Added Time.
* Compression of Manufacturing Lead Times.
* Increased Profitability.
"Multi-task machining is a key element of our product strategy," commented Chuck Birkle, marketing vice-president, Mazak Corporation.
"By joining with Gibbs we can ensure that our customers are able to take full advantage of the range of capabilities of their Mazak machine tools.".
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