Okuma America Corporation News & Articles

Okuma partners with CPCC to train employees on machine tools

  • June 28, 2016
  • News

The training programs include leadership, process improvement, SolidWorks, computer operations, electrical assembly and wiring, and enterprise resource planning.

Okuma donates CNC machines to Central Piedmont Community College

  • June 13, 2016
  • News

The generous gift of this equipment supports Okuma’s and CPCC’s efforts to give students hands-on machining experience, manufacturing knowledge, skills and practical experiences necessary to pursue careers in today’s high technology industries.

Okuma signs HEMAQ as distributor for Cuba

  • March 23, 2016
  • News

HEMAQ is the exclusive distributor for Central America, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

Energy-efficient machine tool technologies for any size shop

  • February 18, 2016
  • News

By Okuma CNC machining processes contain hidden costs that often go unnoticed. Here’s how Okuma’s ECO suite technology can achieve significant energy savings by reducing power consumption.

Precision Products shotguns its scrapped parts problem

  • February 10, 2016
  • Case Study

Precision Products, a manufacturer of shotgun parts, wrote an Okuma machine tool app that streamlines its cutting operations, while reducing operator error and scrapped parts.

Okuma offers Koma Precision App

  • January 21, 2016
  • News

The app makes it possible for users to easily measure a tool’s radius and length and then directly send the offsets to the Okuma OSP-P control to update the local tool offset table.

Okuma hires three application engineers

  • January 13, 2016
  • News

Brad Fitzpatrick, Jeff Hampton and Lee Johnston join Okuma's Application Engineering Department.

Okuma appoints Ted Winkle Houston Tech Center Coordinator

  • December 2, 2015
  • News

Winkle is responsible for managing all technical center activities in addition to supporting sales and Okuma distribution partner Hartwig.

Okuma supplies lathe to Northstar Aerospace

  • November 18, 2015
  • News

Aerospace manufacturer leverages Okuma technologies to minimize operator work handling and fine-tune cutting processes.

Okuma supplies GENOS M560-V CNC to Karlstadt Machining

  • October 14, 2015
  • News

The GENOS easily handles cutting large parts for the oil and steel industries Karlstadt Machining primarily serves.