Opening of the new Renishaw Technical Centre in Nagoya, Japan.
Renishaw is set to strengthen its position and increase its customer bases in India and Japan following the opening of its new state-of-the-art facilities. With one opening in Chennai, India, and the second in Nagoya, Japan, the upgraded facilities will hopefully boost the global engineering technologies company’s presence in both countries and improve customer’s access to the solution provider.
Nagoya facility
With over 100 hundred guests, including some of its key distributors, Renishaw opened its Japanese facility in a two-day event. As well as distributors, machine builder customers, Japanese metrology academies, and members of the British Embassy were all present for the unveiling.
During the two-day launch, the facility's demonstration and office spaces, calibration laboratory, warehouse and despatch areas were all on show. Demonstrations of the Renishaw Central smart manufacturing software and other metrology and spectroscopy products by Renishaw also took place.
“The event was a chance for us to show visitors how far Renishaw has come since opening our first Nagoya office in 1986,” said Jason Taylor, Managing Director of Renishaw Japan. “We bought the current Nagoya building in 2019 and moved our offices there, and we've now turned the first floor into a brand-new technology centre with a customer demonstration area, seminar room and applications development areas. Now it's up and running, we'll use the centre with our customers, developing and demonstrating new solutions.”
Chennai facility
Chennai opening - Paul Weaver and Sanjay Sangam cutting ribbon.
Similarly, hundreds of customers, machine tool builders, channel partners, and journalists attended the opening of the new facility in India. However, this facility will support customers and partners within the Tamil Nadu region and act as a training hub for students, machine builders, end-user customers, channel partners and company employees.
“India is currently experiencing a dynamic period of growth, making it an exciting time to be part of this market,” said Paul Weaver, Director of Sales and Marketing at Renishaw India. “The machine tool industry is expanding, new investments are flowing in from abroad, and both the domestic and export markets are seeing significant demand. Renishaw is at the heart of this growth, actively supporting the precision manufacturing sector.”
“Our new office and technology centre in Chennai marks a new phase in Renishaw's development,” added Weaver. “This new facility demonstrates our latest innovations, including the NC4+ Blue non-contact laser tool setter, the REVO 5-axis multi-sensor measurement system, and Equator shop-floor gauging systems. It also showcases our precision encoders and calibration devices — and we'll use these for customer demonstrations and training sessions.”
Renishaw is committing to an extensive expansion plan, as the company has recently strengthened its presence in Brazil.