Know Neway?

Neway is a machine tool builder that’s new to the U.S. market. Located in Stafford, Texas, Neway CNC-USA is the U.S.-based parts, service, sales and applications division of Neway CNC Equipment, established in 2006 in Suzhou, China. The company offers a variety of machine-tool platforms, including CNC horizontal turning centers, VTLs, VMCs, HMCs, bridge mills, gantry mills and ball-valve grinding machines. In fact, it shares a facility with sister company Neway Valves, which supplies valves for a wide variety of industrial applications.

Last week, I attended an open house at the company’s Texas facility. Nestled in oilfield country, Neway CNC-USA is currently building a national distribution network and web-based replacement parts management system. It is focusing not just on offering quality machines at an affordable cost (many having boxway designs), but also on providing quick and effective service and replacement parts delivery to its customers.

PIQ Machine (which stands for Partners in Quality) is an early adopter of Neway machines here in the States. During the open house, I chatted with Vicki Dodson, PIQ’s president, who says her newish company has two 15-hp Neway VM 1103S VMCs with X-Y-Z travels of 40" × 20"× 20". Vicki says her company had previously purchased used CNC equipment (you really don’t know what you’re getting with those), but appreciates the affordability of Neway machines as well as the fact that they feature familiar design elements, such as FANUC CNCs and Royal spindles.