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North South Machinery Expands To Include New Machining Division Anchored By Partnership
With Toyoda
North South Machinery has an- nounced the expansion of their op- erations to include their newly formed ‘Machining Division’. “You know us for our EDM and Fabrication products and services”, says CEO Jim Swartz- baugh, “And today we are introducing our new Machining Division, where we will offer our customers some of the industry’s best milling and turning products. The new Machining Divi- sion will be headed up by machine tool veteran Bob Nugent, who we are proud to announce will serve as group president.”
With the announcement of North South’s expanded Machining Division, the news that a partnership with Toyoda JTEKT will be anchoring this expan- sion has brought elevated excitement to group.
The Jap-
anese-
owned
line of
machine
tools
are well
known in
the man-
ufactur-
ing world for their durability and preci- sion – from their milling and turning centers to their grinding machines. Adding to this excitement is the evolv- ing partnership with Universal Robots
and their collaborative robot platforms, ushering in a new era of automation to the manufacturing industry.
Nugent had this to say about the recent move, “The team that has been assembled here, and the partnership with well-known brand like Toyoda re- ally has us all extremely excited about the potential here. Not to mention our continued growth with several other high end brands like Starrag and OPS Ingersoll, and the incredible automa- tion solutions they bring to the party... we’ve got very high goals for what we feel we can bring to the market, and our loyal customers in particular.”
Toyoda machines opened for busi- ness in 1941 with a grinding machine, specifically manufactured to support a major Japanese automotive company. Decades later, Toyoda expanded their
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