JTEKT Toyoda Americas Unveils Great Lakes Technical Center
Nestled at the heart of the U.S. automotive industry and almost 40 miles from the Canadian border, Toyoda’s Wixom, Michigan-based tech center provides sales application, turnkey and service support to manufacturers in the Great Lakes region.
JTEKT Toyoda Americas recently celebrated the grand unveiling of its Great Lakes technical center. Nestled at the heart of the U.S. automotive industry and almost 40 miles from the Canadian border, Toyoda’s Wixom, Michigan-based tech center provides sales application, turnkey and service support to manufacturers in the Great Lakes region.
Attendees of the event caught a first look at the tech center’s four machines, a FH500J horizontal machining center, a Stealth 965 vertical machining center, and recent additions to the Toyoda lineup—Takisawa Taiwan’s NEX-105 and Stealth EX-108 turning centers. All four machines were set up with varied application demonstrations showing off high speed machining and dynamic milling applications.
“Toyoda customers will benefit from the facility, which will serve as our service hub for Michigan as well as an area for current and future customers to view the machine capabilities we offer,” says Michigan and Windsor Regional Manager Austin Sievers. “Our doors are open for all area manufacturers. Please coordinate visits with your local distributor representative or myself. We will also be hosting training seminars in the near future for grinding, gear skiving, and specific machining applications.”
The tech center shares the 75,000-square-foot facility with Toyoda’s Remanufactured Products Division (RPD). Dedicated much to the repairing and remanufacturing of machines since the 1970s, RPD will continue to specialize in returning overworked machining centers to OEM specifications.
