Amada expands cutting tool business through investment and acquisition

October 1, 2017

Amada Holdings and Amada Machine Tools have decided to pursue investment strategies and M&A activities to expand their cutting tool business. As part of this initiative, the company plans to increase the production capacity of carbide blades at its plant in Europe. The total investment amount is 3 billion yen.

Amada aims to respond to growing demand for machining difficult-to-cut materials in the aerospace industry.

In addition, Sanwa Daiya Kouhan, a manufacturer of diamond blades and related products, became a wholly owned subsidiary on October 1, 2017. Leveraging this acquisition, Amada also plans to develop new saw blades made from advanced materials such as fine ceramics.