makino ; and makino shiga . makino milling machine co. ltd. native name type public kk traded as tyo 6135 industry machinery founded may 1937 ; 79 years ago 1937 05 headquarters nakane meguro ku tokyo 152 8578 japan area served worldwide key people jiro makino president and ceo products horizontal machining centers hmc vertical machining centers vmc 5 axis machines graphite machines edm machines wire and ram types automated pallet systems grinding machines revenue jpy 149.5 billion fy 2014 us 1.21 billion fy 2014 profit jpy 11.4 billion fy 2014 us 95 million fy 2014 number of employees 4 279 website official website footnotes references 1 2 3 makino milling machine co. ltd. kabushiki gaisha makino furaisu seisakusho commonly known as makino is a machine tool builder with global sales and service headquartered in japan . contents 1 history 2 innovations 3 references 4 further reading 5 external links history edit makino was established in 1937 by tsunezo makino in japan developing japan s first numerically controlled nc milling machine in 1958 and japan s first machining center in 1966 . 4 the north american branch of makino was formed through the 1981 merger of the r. k. leblond machine tool company of cincinnati and the makino milling machine company of japan . resulting from the merger was the formation of what was then called leblond makino machine tool company . 5 in 1996 leblond makino became makino and in 1997 leblond lathe ltd. was formed as a parts and servicing subsidiary . innovations edit in 1984 makino introduced the first commercial high speed spindle for milling . 6 in 1990 makino introduced geometric intelligence the first servo control software tailored to high speed machining 6 and flush fine machining a method for cutting hardened materials . 6 the company developed the first drop tank wire edm in 1994 6 and hqsf high quality surface finish technology with patented usc additive in 1996 6 increasing the ability to finish parts without hand polishing when using a ram edm . in 2003 makino developed the first conventional horizontal wire edm that automatically threads and machines with a 0.02 mm diameter wire . 6 in 2006 the company developed high energy applied technology heat for wire edms to increase speed in wire edming 6 and released the edac1 micro edm ram machine . makino is also the only manufacturer of a horizontal wire edm the upj 2 . in 2007 makino introduced surfacewizard wire edm technology designed to eliminate witness lines in stepped parts . 6 makino created advantige technology for the machining of titanium in 2010 which was recognized as a winner of aviation week s 2012 innovation challenge . 7 references edit corporate profile . makino . retrieved january 20 2015 . company profile . the wall street journal . dow jones & company . retrieved january 20 2015 . financial highlights . makino . retrieved january 20 2015 . hsr business to business inc. makino a brief history . makino.com . retrieved october 28 2013 . business courier by steven wright courier contributor . r.k. leblond s legacy lives on business courier . bizjournals.com . retrieved june 26 2012 . a b c d e f g h makino inc. makino a brief history . retrieved august 4 2015 . aviation week march 7 2012 . aviation week announces winners of the innovation challenge . pr newswire . retrieved october 28 2013 . further reading edit us industry today vol 4 no. 3 american machinist 1 august 2000 modern machine shop february 1991 courtesy of bnet.com business courier of cincinnati march 6 1998 manufacturing engineering june 2006 vol . 136 no. 6 automotive design & production february 2002 modern machine shop june 1998 thomasnet upj 2 release on september 14 2006 modern machine shop surfacewizard release external links edit japan portal engineering portal companies portal makino official website english retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title makino & oldid 732985567 categories companies of japanmachine tool 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