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For 100 years, Yamazaki Mazak has developed a wide range of machine tools and harnessed the power of innovation. Mazak will continue to create more value for customers and machine tool users, adding to a brighter future for the manufacturing industry.

Mazak History

1919	Yamazaki Machinery founded by Sadakichi Yamazaki. (Nagoya) Began the manufacturing of straw mat weaving machinery.
1923	Established a new factory in Atsuta, Nagoya
1927	Sep - Began the manufacturing of machine tools including lathes and milling machines
1928	Developed the first commercial machine tool
1934	Developed the first motor-drive roll lathe
1939	Established Yamazaki Machinery sales department
1946	May - Teruyuki Yamazaki joined company
1959	Began manufacturing of high-speed, high-precision lathes (LA,LB,LC and LD series)
1961	May - Expanded to overseas market. Exported 3 LD series to Indonesia, Oct - Oguchi plant began operation Nov - Joined Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association
1962	Jun - First export to U.S.A., 200 LE series lathes Sep - President Sadakichi Yamazaki passed away Oct - Teruyuki Yamazaki appointed president
1963	May - Introduced Mazak brand and began production of Mazak lathes
1965	Jul - Moved Headquarters to new plant in Oguchi
1968	Jul - Established Yamazaki Machinery Corporation in New York, U.S.A. Sep - Developed the first Mazak NC lathe, MTC series
1970	Apr - Developed the first Mazak machining center, BTC No. 5 Apr - Established Dusseldorf, West Germany offices
1971	Sep - Developed the first adaptive control lathe, MTC-1500R-AC, in Japan
1974	Jul - Completed Yamazaki Machinery Corporation (current name Mazak Corporation)Facility in Greater Cincinnati
1975	Aug - Established Yamazaki Machinery Europe N.V. in Leuven, Belgium
1976	Nov - Developed the machining system YMS-30
1979	Oct - Completed world headquarters Technical Center in Oguchi
1980	Jul - Established Yamazaki Machinery U.K. Ltd.
1981	Feb - Established Yamazaki Maquinas Herramientas S.A. de C.V., Mexico Apr - Established Yamazaki Machinery Deutschland GmbH in Frankfurt Jun - "Developed world’s first conversational CNC system for lathes, the MAZATROL T-1. Developed CNC lathe QUICK TURN 10" Oct - Yamazaki Machinery Corporation joined NMTBA (now AMT) Oct - FMF began unmanned operation at Oguchi Plant
1982	Feb - Established MAZAK SERVICE FRANCE S.A. near Paris Jul - Changed company name to Mazak Corporation from Yamazaki Machinery Corporation Nov - Yamazaki Mazak Deutschland GmbH headquarters moved to Goppingen
1983	Apr - Developed multi-tasking machine, SLANT TURN 40N ATC Mill Center May - Completed Minokamo plant Dec - Developed unmanned operation system MAZATROL FMS
1984	Oct - Developed CO2 laser processing machine, LASER PATH 4040
1985	Nov - Changed company name to Yamazaki Mazak Corporation from Yamazaki Machinery Works, Ltd.
1987	Jun - Yamazaki Machinery U.K. (now YAMAZAKI MAZAK U.K. LTD.) began full-scale operation of CIM plant in Europe Nov - Established Tokyo Tsukuba Techno Hall
1988	Mar - Yamazaki Machinery U.K. first exporting of CNC machine tools to Japan Sep - Mazak Corporation received a All-American Top 10 Best Company Award.
1991	Oct - Yamazaki Machinery U.K. received a Best in the World Companies Award in the machine tool field from the Swedish Royal Academy of Science
1992	Apr - "Queen's Award for Export Achievement" awarded to Yamazaki Mazak U.K. Ltd. May - Completed YAMAZAKI MAZAK SINGAPORE PTE.,LTD. Plant YAMAZAKI MAZAK SINGAPORE PTE.,LTD. Dec - Yamazaki Mazak U.K. Ltd. obtained ISO-9001 certifications
1993	Aug - Developed automatic aluminum wheel manufacturing system, AW Factory 650 Aug - Developed PALLETECH MANUFACTURING SYSTEM which can be easily expanded
1995	Oct - Mazak Corporation received a Philip B Crosby Award Nov - Yamazaki Mazak headquarters and 4 manufacturing plants in Japan obtained ISO-9001 certifications
1996	Oct - Developed FF-510, ultra-high speed horizontal machining center - 1G axes acceleration Dec - Yamazaki Mazak Italia S.R.L. opened Technology Center
1997	May - Yamazaki Mazak France S.A.S. opened Technology Center Sep - Developed multi-tasking machine with Y-axis, INTEGREX 200Y Dec - Mazak Sulamericana Ltda opened Technology Center
1998	Feb - Opened Technology Center in Pune, India (Current Yamazaki Mazak India Pvt., Ltd.) Mar - Yamazaki Mazak Netherland B.V. opened Technology Center Jun - Completed Oguchi Plant Cyber Factory designed for networking of whole production facility Jun - Developed MAZATROL FUSION 640 CNC system that fuses NC and PC Oct - Established Shanghai Technology Center (Current YAMAZAKI MAZAK TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.)
1999	Sep - Yamazaki Mazak Singapore Pte. Ltd. obtained ISO-9001 certifications. Oct - 80th anniversary of the establishment of Yamazaki Mazak Corporation “Touch the Future 100” was held. Oct - Developed multi-face 5-axis machine VARIAXIS 200
2000	May - Completed Ningxia Little Giant Machine Tool., Ltd. Cyber Factory in China Aug - The founder of Yamazaki Mazak, Sadakichi Yamazaki, was honored by being included in the American Machinist's Hall of Innovators as a founder of the world-renowned company and as an innovative person of the 1910~1920.
2001	Apr - Established Yamazaki Mazak Taiwan Corp., Taiwan Technology Center Jun - Teruyuki Yamazaki was appointed Chairman and CEO, Yoshihiko Yamazaki was appointed Senior Vice Chairman, Tomohisa Yamazaki was appointed President Sep - Developed advanced multi-tasking machine INTEGREX e series
2002	Feb - Yamazaki Mazak headquarters and 4 manufacturing plants in Japan obtained ISO-14000 certification Jul - Developed new generation, world-class machine tools produced worldwide, NEXUS series
2003	May - Established Yamazaki Mazak Korea Co., Ltd., Korea Technology Center
2004	May - Developed UN-600V and UN-600H designed for high productivity with extremely compact floor space requirements Jun - Established Yamazaki Mazak Central Europe s.r.o in Czech Oct - Introduced MAZACARE support system in the Japanese market
2005	Sep - Developed new generation CNC system, MAZATROL MATRIX Sep - Equipped all INTEGREX 200-IV models with intelligent functions
2006	Apr - Established World Technology Center in Minokamo, Japan Nov - Completed Minokamo Plant 2
2007	Apr - Queen's Award for Export Achievement awarded to Yamazaki Mazak U.K. Ltd. Sep - Developed compact multi-tasking machine, INTEGREX i-150 Sep - Yamazaki Mazak U.K. Ltd. developed VTC 800/30SR
2008	Apr - Completed the underground factory of Yamazaki Mazak Optonics Corporation Aug - Completed Cyber Spindle Factory and World Parts Center at Minokamo 2 Oct - Completed Thailand Technology Center. (Current MAZAK (THAILAND) CO., LTD.)
2009	Aug - Completed World R&D Center (World Research and Development Center) Nov - Established large-scale support base (European Technology Center) in U.K.
2010	Apr - Opened The Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art Jun - Opened Guangzhou Technology Center in China Aug - Opened Dalian Technology Center in China Nov - New focus on ergonomics for all products
2011	Apr - Relocated and expanded India Technology Center Jun - Relocated and expanded Houston (Southwest) Technology Center Sep - Chairman and CEO Teruyuki Yamazaki passed away Nov - Opened Leipzig Technology Center in Germany
2012	Mar - Relocated and expanded Duesseldorf Technology Center Mar - Opened Poland Technology Center Apr - Opened Czech Technology Center
2013	Mar - Completed Yamazaki Mazak Machine Tool (Liaoning) Co., Ltd. Plant Mar - Relocated and expanded Korea Technology Center Jun - His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, visited Yamazaki Mazak's European headquarters Jun - Relocated and expanded Brazil Technology Center Jul - Opened Technical Centers in Indonesia and Vietnam
2014	Mar - Expanded Yamazaki Mazak Singapore Pte., Ltd. Cyber Factory and New South East Asia Technology Center Jul - 40th anniversary of Mazak Corporation production in the U.S.A Sep - Introduced new CNC MAZATROL SmoothX CNC Oct - Introduced two Hybrid multi-tasking machines
2015	Jan - Introduction of MAZAK iSMART Factory concept Mar - Mazak expands European Parts Center in Belgium Sep - Release of MAZATROL SmoothG and MAZATROL SmoothC CNC system Nov - Mazak Corporation together with Cisco developed MAZAK SMARTBOX, a "launch platform for easy and highly secure entrance into the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
2016	Feb - Yamazaki Mazak Inabe plant announced Apr - Opened Setouchi Technology Center May - Opened Hungary Technology Center May - Opened China Parts Center Sep - Opened Aerospace Technology Center Nov - Developed hybrid multi-tasking machine VARIAXIS j-600AM Nov - Announcement of Mazak and Cisco collaboration
2017	Mar - Announcement of Mazak and Muratec (AS/RS) collaboration May - The “Mazak iSMART Factory” starts operation at Yamazaki Mazak Headquarters in Japan May - Integration of the two production bases in Minokamo, Japan and the plan for the Mazak iSMART FactoryTM at Minokamo were announced Jun - 25th anniversary of the start of production at the Singapore plant Sep - Developed high speed, high accuracy UD-400/5X 5-axis machining center designed for molds and high precision machining Nov - 2 employees were commended as Contemporary Master Craftsmen by the Japanese Government Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
2018	May - Inabe plant in Inabe city, Mie prefecture starts operation after completion of first stage of construction Sep - Developed hybrid multi-tasking machine INTEGREX AG series integrating multi-tasking machine with gear cutting Oct - Introduction of the hybrid multi-tasking machine VARIAXIS j-600/5X AM integrating the world’s first blue laser additive manufacturing and machining Nov - Developed Smooth AI spindle which minimizes chatter for high precision machining surfaces and higher productivity by utilizing AI Nov - Developed 3D direct diode laser processing machine FG-220 DDL Nov - Introduction of Mazak iCONNECT utilizing IoT Nov - An employee of the Cyber Spindle Factory at Minokamo Plant 2 was commended as a Contemporary Master Craftsmen by the Japanese Government Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare

Looking forward to the next 100 years

When standing on the floor of the Mazak iSMART Factory surrounded by the state-of-the-art technology manufacturers now work with every day, it's easy to forget that nearly a century ago, Sadakichi Yamazaki founded Yamazaki Machinery as a company focused on machines to weave straw mats. Less than a decade later, the company began producing its first machine tools, and not long after, it had officially created the brand that remains synonymous with innovation and quality to this day.

Today, Mazak is leading the way with revolutionary products like the Mazak SmartBox and the Mazak iSMART Factory. Smooth Technology is bringing advanced manufacturing to job shops with products like Smooth Monitor AX and Smooth PMC, while our line-up of machine tools has expanded to include advanced manufacturing technologies like friction stir welding and multi-laser metal deposition.

What will the future of manufacturing bring? How is Mazak changing the world, one machine at a time? We look forward to finding out together as we continue to pursue success.