Company History
We are the first Japanese machine tool manufacturers to start overseas production, and we have established multiple manufacturing plants worldwide.
1919 - 1950
| 1919 | - | Yamazaki Sadakichi founded Yamazaki Machinery in Nagoya and began manufacturing straw mat weaving machinery. |
| 1923 | - | Established a new factory in Atsuta, Nagoya |
| 1927 | September | Began the manufacturing of machine tools including lathes and milling machines. |
| 1928 | - | Developed the first commercial machine tool. |
| 1934 | - | Developed the first motor-drive roll lathe. |
| 1939 | - | Established Yamazaki Machinery sales department. |
| 1946 | May | Teruyuki Yamazaki joined company. |
1951 - 1970
| 1959 | - | Began the manufacturing of high-speed, high-precision lathes (LA,LB,LC and LD series). |
| 1961 | May | Expanded to the overseas market. Exported 3 LD series to Indonesia. |
| October | Oguchi plant began operation. | |
| November | Joined Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association. | |
| 1962 | June | The industry's first export to the United States, a large-scale contract for 200 LE series lathes. |
| September | President Sadakichi Yamazaki passed away. | |
| October | Teruyuki Yamazaki appointed President. | |
| 1963 | May | Announced the brand "MAZAK" and began mass production of Mazak lathes. |
| 1965 | July | Moved Headquarters to new plant in Oguchi. |
| 1968 | July | Established Yamazaki Machinery Corporation in New York, U.S.A. |
| September | Developed the first Mazak NC lathe, MTC series. | |
| 1970 | April | Developed the first Mazak machining centre, BTC No. 5. |
| April | Established Dusseldorf, West Germany office. |
1971 - 1990
| 1971 | September | Developed the first adaptive control lathe, MTC-1500R-AC, in Japan. |
| 1974 | July | Completed Yamazaki Machinery Corporation (now Mazak Corporation) facility in Greater Cincinnati. |
| 1975 | August | Established Yamazaki Machinery Europe N.V. in Leuven, Belgium. |
| 1976 | November | Developed the machining system YMS-30. |
| 1979 | October | Completed the world headquarters Technical Centre in Oguchi. |
| 1980 | July | Established Yamazaki Machinery U.K. Ltd. |
| 1981 | February | Established Yamazaki Maquinas Herramientas S.A. de C.V., Mexico. |
| April | Established Yamazaki Machinery Deutschland GmbH in Frankfurt. | |
| June | Developed world’s first conversational CNC system for lathes, the MAZATROL T1. Developed CNC lathe QUICK TURN 10.  | |
| October | Yamazaki Machinery Corporation joined NMTBA (now AMT). | |
| October | Unmanned night-time FMF plant began operation at Oguchi Headquarters. | |
| 1982 | February | Established MAZAK SERVICE FRANCE S.A. near Paris. |
| July | Changed company name to Mazak Corporation from Yamazaki Machinery Corporation. | |
| November | Yamazaki Mazak Deutschland GmbH headquarters moved to Göppingen. | |
| 1983 | April | Developed multi-tasking machine, SLANT TURN 40N ATC Mill Centre. |
| May | Completed Minokamo plant in Japan. | |
| December | Developed unmanned operation system MAZATROL FMS. | |
| 1984 | October | Developed CO2 laser processing machine, LASER PATH 4040. |
| 1985 | November | Changed company name to Yamazaki Mazak Corporation from Yamazaki Machinery Works, Ltd. |
| 1987 | June | Yamazaki Machinery U.K. (now YAMAZAKI MAZAK U.K. LTD.) and began full-scale operation of CIM plant in Europe. |
| November | Established Tokyo Tsukuba Techno Hall. | |
| 1988 | March | Yamazaki Machinery U.K. exported CNC machine tools to Japan for the first time. |
| September | Mazak Corporation received a All-American Top 10 Best Company Award. |
1991 - 2000
| 1991 | October | Yamazaki Machinery U.K. received a Best in the World Companies Award in the machine tool field from the Swedish Royal Academy of Science. |
| 1992 | April | "Queen's Award for Export Achievement" awarded to Yamazaki Mazak U.K. Ltd. |
| May | YAMAZAKI MAZAK SINGAPORE PTE., LTD. began plant operation. | |
| December | Yamazaki Mazak U.K. Ltd. obtained ISO-9001 certification. | |
| 1993 | August | Developed automatic aluminium wheel manufacturing system, AW Factory 650. |
| August | Developed PALLETECH MANUFACTURING SYSTEM which can be easily expanded. | |
| 1995 | October | Mazak Corporation received a Philip B Crosby Award. |
| November | Yamazaki Mazak headquarters and 4 manufacturing plants in Japan obtained ISO-9001 certification. | |
| 1996 | October | Developed FF-510, the ultra high-speed horizontal machining centre which has a rapid traverse rate acceleration of over 1G. |
| December | Yamazaki Mazak Italia S.R.L. opened Technology Centre. | |
| 1997 | May | Yamazaki Mazak France S.A.S. opened Technology Centre. |
| September | Developed multi-tasking machine with Y-axis, INTEGREX 200Y. | |
| December | Mazak Sulamericana Ltda opened Technology Centre. | |
| 1998 | February | Opened Technology Centre in Pune, India (current name: Yamazaki Mazak India Pvt., Ltd.). |
| March | Yamazaki Mazak Netherland B.V. opened Technology Centre. | |
| June | Completed Oguchi Plant Cyber Factory designed for networking of the whole production facility. | |
| June | Developed MAZATROL FUSION 640 CNC system that fuses NC and PC. | |
| October | Established Shanghai Technology Centre (current name: YAMAZAKI MAZAK TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.) | |
| 1999 | September | Yamazaki Mazak Singapore Pte. Ltd. obtained ISO-9001 certification. |
| October | 80th anniversary of the establishment of Yamazaki Mazak Corporation “Touch the Future 100” was held. | |
| October | Developed multi-face, 5-axis machine VARIAXIS 200 | |
| 2000 | May | Ningxia Little Giant Machine Tool Co., Ltd., cyber plant in China began operation. |
| August | The founder of Yamazaki Mazak, Sadakichi Yamazaki, was honoured by being included in the American Machinist's Hall of Innovators as a founder of the world-renowned company and as an innovative person in the 1910s. |
2001 - 2010
| 2001 | April | Established Yamazaki Mazak Taiwan Corp., Taiwan Technology Centre. |
| June | Teruyuki Yamazaki was appointed Chairman and CEO. Yoshihiko Yamazaki was appointed Senior Vice Chairman. Tomohisa Yamazaki was appointed President. | |
| September | Developed advanced multi-tasking machine INTEGREX e series. | |
| 2002 | February | Yamazaki Mazak headquarters and 4 manufacturing plants in Japan obtained ISO-14000 certification. |
| July | Developed the new generation, world-class machine tools produced worldwide, NEXUS series. | |
| 2003 | May | Established Yamazaki Mazak Korea Co., Ltd., Korea Technology Centre. |
| 2004 | May | Developed UN-600V and UN-600H designed for high-productivity with extremely compact floor space requirements. |
| June | Established Yamazaki Mazak Central Europe s.r.o in Czech. | |
| October | Introduced MAZACARE support system in the Japanese market. | |
| 2005 | September | Developed the new generation CNC system, MAZATROL MATRIX. |
| September | Equipped all INTEGREX 200-IV models with intelligent functions. | |
| 2006 | April | Established World Technology Centre in Minokamo, Japan. |
| November | Completed Minokamo Plant 2. | |
| 2007 | April | Queen's Award for Export Achievement awarded to Yamazaki Mazak U.K. Ltd. |
| September | Developed the compact multi-tasking machine, INTEGREX i-150.
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| September | Yamazaki Mazak U.K. Ltd. developed VTC 800/30SR. | |
| 2008 | April | Completed the underground factory of Yamazaki Mazak Optonics Corporation. |
| August | Completed Cyber Spindle Factory and World Parts Centre at Minokamo Plant 2. | |
| October | Completed Thailand Technology Centre. (Current: MAZAK (THAILAND) CO., LTD.). | |
| 2009 | August | Completed World R&D Centre (World Research and Development Centre). |
| November | Established large-scale support base (European Technology Centre) in the U.K. | |
| 2010 | April | Opened The Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art. |
| June | Opened Guangzhou Technology Centre in China. | |
| August | Opened Dalian Technology Centre in China. | |
| November | New focus on ergonomics for all products. |
2011 - 2020
| 2011 | April | Relocated and expanded India Technology Centre. |
| June | Relocated and expanded Houston (Southwest) Technology Centre. | |
| September | Chairman and CEO Teruyuki Yamazaki passed away. | |
| November | Opened Leipzig Technology Centre in Germany. | |
| 2012 | March | Relocated and expanded Duesseldorf Technology Centre. |
| March | Opened Poland Technology Centre. | |
| April | Opened Czech Republic Technology Centre. | |
| 2013 | March | Yamazaki Mazak Machine Tool (Liaoning) Co., Ltd. began operation. |
| March | Relocated and expanded Korea Technology Centre. | |
| June | Relocated and expanded Brazil Technology Centre. | |
| June | His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, visited Yamazaki Mazak's European headquarters. | |
| July | Opened Technical Centres in Indonesia and Vietnam. | |
| 2014 | March | Expanded Yamazaki Mazak Singapore Pte., Ltd. Cyber Factory and New South East Asia Technology Centre. |
| July | 40th anniversary of Mazak Corporation production in the U.S.A. | |
| September | Introduced the new CNC system, MAZATROL SmoothX. | |
| October | Introduced two hybrid multi-tasking machines. | |
| 2015 | January | Introduction of MAZAK iSMART FactoryTM concept. |
| March | Mazak expands European Parts Centre in Belgium. | |
| September | Release of MAZATROL SmoothG and MAZATROL SmoothC CNC system. | |
| November | Mazak Corporation together with Cisco developed MAZAK SMARTBOX, a launch platform for easy and highly secure entrance into the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). | |
| 2016 | February | Yamazaki Mazak Inabe plant announced. |
| April | Opened Setouchi Technology Centre in Japan. | |
| May | Opened Hungary Technology Centre. | |
| May | Opened China Parts Centre. | |
| September | Opened Aerospace Technology Centre. | |
| November | Developed the hybrid multi-tasking machine VARIAXIS j-600 AM. | |
| November | Announcement of Mazak and Cisco collaboration. | |
| 2017 | March | Announcement of Mazak and Muratec (AS/RS) collaboration. |
| May | The “Mazak iSMART FactoryTM" began operation at Yamazaki Mazak Headquarters in Japan. | |
| May | Integration of the two production bases in Minokamo, Japan and the plan for the Mazak iSMART FactoryTM were announced. | |
| June | 25th anniversary of the production at the Singapore plant. | |
| September | Developed high-speed, high-accuracy UD-400/5X 5-axis machining centre designed for moulds and high-precision machining. | |
| 2018 | May | Inabe plant, Japan began operation after completion of the first stage of construction. |
| September | Developed the hybrid multi-tasking machine INTEGREX AG series integrating a multi-tasking machine with gear cutting. | |
| October | Introduction of the hybrid multi-tasking machine VARIAXIS j-600/5X AM integrating the world’s first blue laser additive manufacturing and machining. | |
| November | Developed Smooth Ai spindle which minimises chatter for high-precision machining surfaces and higher-productivity by utilising AI. | |
| November | Developed 3D direct diode laser processing machine FG-220 DDL. | |
| November | Introduction of Mazak iCONNECTTM utilising IoT. | |
| 2019 | June | Tomohisa Yamazaki was appointed Chairman and CEO and Takashi Yamazaki was appointed President. |
| July | Developed the high-speed fiber laser processing machine for cutting small diameter round pipe structural material, FT-150 FIBER. | |
| September | Developed the new multi-tasking machine INTEGREX i-H series. | |
| September | Developed the next generation MAZATROL SmoothAi CNC system with MAZATROL TWINS software. | |
| September | Developed the new simultaneous 5-axis machining centre VARIAXIS C-600. | |
| November | Opened The Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Machine Tools. | |
| November | Integrated the two production facilities into a “Mazak iSMART FactoryTM” and began operation in Minokamo, Japan. | |
| 2020 | February | Opened Florida Technology Centre. |
| May | Opened Northern California Technology Centre. | |
| July | Developed the 5-face double column machining centre FJW-100/160. | |
| November | Developed the compact CNC turning centre QTE series. | |
| November | Developed the new MAZATROL SmoothEz CNC system. | |
| November | Developed the simultaneous 5-axis machining centre VARIAXIS i-800 NEO. | |
| November | Developed the horizontal machining centre HCN-6800 NEO. |
2021 - Present
| 2021 | April | Introduction of Mazak iCONNECTTM WEB service. |
| June | Developed automated system with cobot, Ez LOADER 10. | |
| October | Developed the 3D fiber laser processing machine FG-220. | |
| 2022 | February | Developed the fiber laser processing machine OPTIPLEX 3015 NEO. |
| April | Developed the vertical machining centre VCN-460 / VCN-600. | |
| April | Relocated Denmark Technology Centre. | |
| May | Developed the 3D fiber laser processing machine FG-400 NEO. | |
| June | Opened Romania Technical Centre. | |
| October | Developed the 5-axis machining centre VARIAXIS i-700 NEO. | |
| October | Developed the horizontal machining centre HCN-4000 NEO / HCN-5000 NEO. | |
| November | Developed the friction stir welding machine FSW-460V. | |
| 2023 | March | YAMAZAKI MAZAK MACHINE TOOLS PVT. LTD. (India manufacturing plant) started operation. |
| April | Started sales of MAZATROL DX, software that digitally transforms work processes. | |
| June | Relocated and expanded China Dalian Technology Centre. | |
| October | Developed automated system with cobot, Ez LOADER 30. |