Okuma Corporation held an opening ceremony for the recently completed new head office of Okuma Korea Corporation on August 30 in Incheon, the Republic of Korea. The new head office of Okuma's local subsidiary in Korea is 20 minutes by car from Incheon International Airport in the Incheon Free Economic Zone. This region, which is becoming a business hub for Northeast Asia, has attracted many high-tech industries, and has grown rapidly to become a vibrant, international metropolis. Okuma will use the new head office and showroom features to enhance sales and service in Korea, while targeting the receipt of orders worth 4 billion yen a year.

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1.Background　

Given the economic development of emerging countries and efforts to innovate production all over the world, the machine tool market continues to expand globally. In order to contribute to the worldwide enhancement of advanced "monozukuri"/craftsmanship in manufacturing, Okuma will continue to strengthen its global sales organization. While the business of its sales and service base in Korea is expected to grow with increasing demand from the Asian market, the company is especially committed to maintaining a solid support system located near its customers engaged in high-tech manufacturing.

Korea is the world's sixth-largest machine tool market, and with more growth expected in the semiconductor and automobile industries, demand for Okuma-brand products is also expected to grow based on its successful double-column centers, as well as on the benefits customers receive from its high value-adding 5-axis machining centers and multitasking machines.

2. Targets　

Okuma will enhance marketing, applications support, and after-sales service to broaden its customer base in Korea.

- Strengthening applications support and local test-cut capabilities with state-of-the-art equipment

- Enhanced training for machine operation

- Rapid after-sales service with complete service parts inventory

3. Overview　　

(1) Name: Okuma Korea Corporation

(2) Location: 16, Cheomdan-daero 60beon-gil, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 21988, Republic of Korea

(3) CEO: Hiroyuki Kamei

(4) Site area: 2,853 square meters (building floor space: 1789 square meters, showroom floor space: 213 square meters)

(5) Machines: Four advanced CNC machine tools on display in the showroom

- MU-6300V 5-axis machining center

- MU-400V II 5-axis machining center

- MB-56VA vertical machining center

- MULTUS U3000 multitasking machine

(6) Office: 1st floor: showroom, offices, repair shop

2nd floor: seminar, NC school, conference, guest rooms

(7) Employees: 7

(8) Capital: 9,400,000,000 won (approx 940 million JPY) [1 won = 0.1 yen)

(9) Established: April 2017