CUTTING ITS OWN PATH - BIG Daishowa, Japan's youngest producer of rotary toolholders has become one of its largest

摘要

Awaji Island, Japan - BIG Daishowa Seiki Co. Ltd. (www.big-daishowa.com) cut its own market niche. Since its founding in 1967, the company has established itself as an integral part of metalworking in Japan, and has staked out more than 50 percent of the Japanese market for precision tool holding equipment and measuring accessories for itself. Although it is based in Osaka, Japan, the company has 670 employees who work in five factories on Awaji Island, where its technical and distribution centers are located, and at a factory in Osaka. BIG Daishowa provides more than 1,000 toolholders that range from the largest milling cutters to the smallest toolholders used for drilling and milling.