machines founded 1974 headquarters melbourne victoria australia area served australia germany italy taiwan uk united states brazil thailand china japan key people pat boland founder pat mccluskey founder grant anderson ceo website www.anca.com anca pty ltd formerly australian numerical control and automation pty ltd is an australia company which designs and manufactures computer numerical controlled grinding machines . the company was founded in 1974 by pat boland and pat mccluskey in melbourne australia . anca has its headquarters and main manufacturing plant in melbourne where it employs about 400 people 2012 . since 2006 two additional plants have been opened in thailand and taiwan . 1 the company is export oriented and has expanded its operations by opening sales offices in nine other countries 2006 data throughout america europe and asia . citation needed in 2006 it won three governor of victoria export awards and was reported to be a leader in its field of high end precision grinders that are used in many industries including aeronautics and automotive production . 2 the company produces a range of computer numerical control cnc tool and cutter grinders to meet large scale manufacturing and entry level production requirements . 1 the company also produces medical and dental drills . anca has exported approximately 4000 machines and was named australian exporter of the year in 1999 . the company is also the world s leading manufacturer of cnc tool and cutter grinders . its new subsidiary anca motion is supplying computer controls to other australian manufacturers and exporting to china and taiwan . 3 anca designs and manufactures its own machines . machines produced include 4 cnc grinding machines cnc tool and cutting machines cnc sharpening machines cnc tap manufacturing machines cnc specialist stick blade grinding machines contents 1 applications 2 awards 3 references 4 external links applications edit anca cnc machines are commonly used for the following applications 4 aerospace cutting tools medical woodworking awards edit anca has won over 25 industry awards 1 including australian exporter of the year in 1999 3 and the institution of engineers australia engineering excellence award in 2001 . 5 references edit a b c company profile archived 6 july 2011 at the wayback machine . rennie r 22 december 2006 . daily grind pays off for melbourne company . the age . retrieved 8 june 2010 . a b powercor agse entrepreneur hall of fame and annual richard pratt entrepreneur oration . the australian graduate school of entrepreneurship swinbourne university of technology . 2009 . retrieved 24 june 2010 . a b anca website . anca . archived from the original on 20 august 2008 . retrieved 23 june 2010 . vic business . anca pty ltd . vic government . retrieved 21 june 2010 . permanent dead link external links edit anca pty ltd official anca website anca motion pty ltd official anca motion website case study jetro australia retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title anca company & oldid 742029070 categories manufacturing companies of australiahidden categories articles with wayback machine linksall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2016articles with permanently dead external linksuse dmy dates from june 2011use australian english from june 2011all wikipedia articles written in australian englishall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from january 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 06 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view