“Last year we sold 250 DMG machines into traditional Mori Seiki markets such as the USA, Japan, Thailand and Indonesia and this year we hope to increase this figure to over 450 machines.” “The weak Euro means that European manufacturing sites have a great opportunity to sell competitively priced machines into other parts of the world,” he affirmed. Dr Mori highlighted the fact that MG Finance service has enhanced Mori Seiki's penetration into European markets – particularly Germany.Īs the collaboration develops, so will the sharing of manufacturing resources and Dr Mori sees the utilisation of global production sites as a key area.
The companies have already unveiled dual branded machines and this looks set to continue with new products planned for launch at EMO 2011.įor some time DMG and Mori Seiki have been sharing resource, expertise and knowledge, collaborating in areas such as sales, service, R&D, production, purchasing, finance (via MG Finance – a collaborative venture set-up between DMG, Mori Seiki and Mitsui & Co of Japan to provide attractive financial package options to customers) and distribution. High on the agenda for both DMG and Mori Seiki is further development of global cooperation strategies. “However we anticipate that we'll be back to 2008 levels during 2012 and the forecast is looking very healthy – particularly for markets in China, Germany, the USA, Japan and Korea.” “Ramping up production following such a slowdown in global markets is a difficult task,” he stated. He believes that sales will be up by approximately 20% but observed a continuing cautious approach as the world emerges from recession. On the top table, providing insight, information and forecasts on how the business will shape up in coming months were Dr Rüdiger Kapitza, chief of Gildemeister's executive board, Dr Masahiko Mori, president of the Mori Seiki corporation, Harry Junger, managing director of Gildemeister and Christian Thönes, managing director of Deckel Maho, Pfronten.ĭr Kapitza began with a direct comparison of projected business levels against 2010. The company has declared this as its most successful in-house exhibition ever with twice as many orders taken than in 2010.Īs is customary at these events, the open house featured a press conference attended by journalists from all over the world. The Pfronten open house is a significant event in the DMG calendar and statistics just released reveal an order intake of €107.7 million and a staggering 391 machines sold. Dave Tudor was suitably impressed by both the scenery and also the technology on offer. O announce a wealth of new products and also report on DMG's developing collaboration and partnership with Japanese machine tool giant, Mori Seiki.
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