Ellison Technologies And Toshiba Machine Company Announce South Central Partnership
Houston, TX - Ellison Technologies, Inc., the largest integrator of CNC machine tools and metal cutting solutions in North America, and Toshiba Machine Company announced a strategic distribution partnership. This agreement makes Ellison Technologies the exclusive integrator of Toshiba Machine tools in Texas and Louisiana. Ellison will also offer product support, including after-sales installation, training and engineering support. Toshiba Machine's existing customers will have access to Ellison's large support network of over 25 service, application and support engineers from Ellison's two technical centers conveniently located in Dallas and Houston. Ellison Technologies’ staff of sales, service and applications engineers collaborate to offer the best solution to their customers through the integration of manufacturing technologies.
“This partnership creates an incredible opportunity for our Texas and Louisiana customers,” said Kevin Flanagan, president of Ellison Technologies, Texas. "Toshiba is considered to be a world leader in our industry and we are honored to represent their product line. With the addition of the Toshiba line to our existing product offering, we can provide our customers with the right solution to any manufacturing process.”
The partnership allows Ellison Technologies’ Houston and Dallas offices to offer its customers Toshiba Machine's full range of vertical turning and boring machines, along with their horizontal boring and milling machines. Toshiba Machine has designed their machines to perform at the highest level of quality to produce parts for the aerospace, mining, and oil and gas industries. In addition to having access to these high-performance machines, customers will also benefit from the partnership with Ellison’s services: engineering services, turnkey solutions, training, financing, automation, part selection assistance, and overall exceptional customer service.
“Toshiba Machine is excited to partner with Ellison Technologies,” stated Ikuo Fujimori, General Manager – Machine Tool Division at Toshiba Machine. “As a leading machine tool integrator, their team has the in-depth technical knowledge and customer relationships to continue to grow the sales of our large machine tools to the South Central United States marketplace.”
Toshiba Machine builds the industry’s top Vertical Turning Lathes with excellent rigidity, accuracy and efficiency. Toshiba Machine’s Vertical Turning Lathes have a table diameter of up to 472.4 in. (12000 mm), vertical travels of up to 157.5 in. (4000 mm), and bar capacities of 6 in. (150 mm). These large, accurate and efficient machines are ideal for a variety of drilling, tapping, milling, and boring operations.
Toshiba Machine’s Horizontal Boring and Milling Centers are known as some of the industry’s most rigid, precise, and highly productive machines. With a large work envelope that can hold workpieces weighing up to 20 metric tons (44,000 lbs.), they are ideal for a large range of energy-related machining applications including wind turbine components, turbine casings, natural gas fracturing or fracking, components, oilfield and mining equipment. Key benefits of Toshiba Machine’s Horizontal machines include specially designed spindles for deep hole boring, high-speed spindle options, cast iron beds and spindle heads, as well as a highly programmable control (Tosnuc) designed and produced by Toshiba Machine CO., LTD.
SOURCE: Ellison Technologies, Inc. and Toshiba Machine Company