Actively Supporting North American Markets For More Than 30 Years

Toshiba Machine Co., America, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd., of Tokyo, Japan, was incorporated in 1974 to serve the United States, Canadian and Mexican markets. A variety of our machines were sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico for ten years prior to the establishment of our American subsidiary, under an exclusive licensing agreement for injection molding machines and through independent sales representatives for all other machines. Today, Toshiba Machine Co., America is a thriving U.S. company with headquarters located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, convenient to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago's Northwest suburbs. We employ approximately 115 people nationwide and closely work with a large number of field sales representatives throughout North America.

Our Corporate Mission

Toshiba brand machines have earned us nationwide recognition due to advanced engineering, rigid construction and long-term reliability. Our reputation for quality is a natural outgrowth of our corporate mission - to design and build industrial machines which provide optimum productivity and profitability for our customers, and to provide a superior level of service and support, enabling our customers to maximize the return on their capital investment. This philosophy, coupled with our long-standing commitment to North American markets, has resulted in Toshiba Machine Co., America's steady growth of sales and market share. Our total sales have grown from about $10 million in 1992 to more than $147 million in 2000.

The History of Toshiba Machine

Toshiba Machine's origins can be traced back more than a century to Shibaura Engineering Works Co., established in 1875. Toshiba Corporation was launched when Tokyo Electric Co. and Shibaura Engineering Works Co., combined operations in the late 1930's. The Toshiba group today comprises more than 780 Japan-based companies and many others worldwide, providing high quality products for consumer electronics, home appliances, office equipment, medical, optical, data communications, manufacturing and computer markets. The machine tool building division of Shibaura Engineering Works Co. was separately incorporated as an independent company in 1938. The new company was named Shibaura Machine Tool Co., Ltd., and evolved into Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd., which today includes approximately 30 regional companies supplying global markets with industrial machinery and electric controls used in the machine tool, heavy equipment, power generation, automotive, transportation, construction, plastics, publishing and communication industries. Toshiba Machine Co., America is one of those regional companies, supporting the North American market.

World Class Design, Engineering And Manufacturing

Our focus as a vertically integrated manufacturer is key to the quality and reliability of Toshiba machinery. At our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Numazu, Sagami and Gotemba, Japan, we produce all of the basic components to yield the superb precision and impressive infrastructure of our machines - from smaller CNC machining units and factory automation equipment to machinery of truly mammoth proportions. Toshiba Machine was among the first companies in the world to establish mechatronics-oriented production systems. Continuous research and development - always searching for a better way - has enabled us to take advantage of our own advanced precision technologies and sophisticated electronics experience and use them to improve the machines we build for our customers. Our design and manufacturing engineers keep pace with emerging industrial trends. We closely listen to the needs and concerns of our customers and respond with innovations to help them maintain their competitive edge.

Quality Products and Comprehensive Customer Support

Toshiba Machine has implemented globally recognized quality control practices to provide you with reliable products to support your company's quality goals. Most of our manufacturing plants have achieved ISO 9001 Certification, assuring our customers of our ability to meet international quality standards for manufacturing processes and products. Our long-standing adherence to standards of excellence in manufacturing provides us with an extra measure of confidence and assures us the machines we build will perform up to and well beyond our customer's expectations. This confidence is just one of the reasons Toshiba Machine is able to offer comprehensive machine performance warranties which are among the best warranties in their selected industries. Convenient Machine Financing One of the most appreciated advantages Toshiba Machine Co., America offers its customers is convenient machine financing through TM Acceptance Corp. (TMAC). The financing process is streamlined thanks to TMAC's industry knowledge, competitive rates, flexible repayment structures and simplified documentation. Unparalleled Service And Support Network The performance and long-term reliability of your Toshiba machines are important to us because they are vital to the productivity and profitability of your business. We recognize the role of our equipment and back our machines with an unmatched level of technical service and support. If you have a question or need, a single telephone call to our main office service hot-line or to our large network of service locations throughout North America will quickly and conveniently bring the response you need to help you avoid costly machine downtime.

Toshiba Machine Co., America's service resources, to ensure customer satisfaction, include:

* Machine installation and start-up service

* Operator and maintenance training

* Surplus and replacement parts inventory

* Field repair service and maintenance

* Technical telephone support

* Engineering support and service

Keywords: All Electric, Hydraulic, Injection Molding