Japanese Brother Industries to produce high-performance machine tools in China

Japan's Brother Industries plans to start producing a variety of machine tools in China three years later. At present, only one low-cost machine tool is produced in China, and the rest are produced at the Kariya plant in Aichi Prefecture, Japan and then exported to China. In China, orders from auto parts manufacturers continue to increase, so the company will establish a system for rapid supply. It will introduce its production experience in the Kariya factory in Japan to produce a variety of machine tools in China. Brother Industries currently produces and sells 8 types of machine tools, and has two production bases, the Kariya Plant in Aichi Prefecture, Japan and the Xi'an Plant in China. The Xi'an factory is currently mainly responsible for the production of low-cost machine tools for China. In the future, two high-performance machine tools with faster processing speed will be produced. Multi-processing equipment with functions such as lathes and multi-process automatic mathematical control machine tools will continue to be produced at the Kariya Plant and exported to maintain the production level of the Kariya Plant. As for the models to be produced in China in the future, the company plans to purchase most of the components locally, except for some components such as the platform, which will be imported from Japan. Executive Director Kawana Yu said that 'due to the continuous improvement of the quality of Chinese component manufacturersIn order to produce a variety of machine tools, the production experience of the Kariya factory will be introduced to the Xi'an factory. It is planned to divide the production line into a main production line and a sub-production line. The main production line is responsible for assembling the platform, confirming work, installing parts, etc., while the sub-production line is used for assembling tools, etc. By adjusting the processes of the sub-production line, it will be possible to produce different models at the same time on one production line. Due to the rapid expansion of smartphone production, the machine tools produced by Brother Industries in China were mainly sold to smartphone foundries, but recently orders for machine tools used in the production of components such as compressors, motors and pumps have come from manufacturers such as automobiles and motorcycles. also increased. Brother Industries plans to shorten transportation time and cut production costs by increasing the types of machine tools it produces in China.