YCM Technology USA Opens New Technical Center
The new facility is designed to showcase various complementary machining solutions available through the YCM Alliance.
YCM Technology USA Inc. has announced the grand opening of its newest technical center in Sterling Heights, Michigan. The new facility is designed to showcase and demonstrate various complementary machining solutions available through the YCM Alliance for die/mold machining, general parts machining and high-speed machining. Alliance partners include YCM (milling, turning and wire EDM), Exeron (sinker EDM and high-speed milling), TriMill (gantry-type portal milling), Cheto (deep-hole drilling) and Millutensil (spotting presses).
YCM Alliance’s technical centers enable visitors to consult with experts, compare different technologies, run test cuts, conduct time analysis and see YCM’s machines and technology firsthand. YCM’s technology centers are designed as a production environment, but also feature meeting rooms to discuss processes, business considerations and YCM’s own finance options.
“The YCM Alliance Technical Centers are an important part of demonstrating to customers who we are. At its core, the YCM Alliance program is very customer-centric; it was created to provide extraordinary value to manufacturers looking for solutions, beyond a single machine type,” says Tony Pekalski, president of YCM Technology USA Inc.
The grand opening was celebrated by a two-day event that YCM says drew over 300 OEM and job shop customers, dealers and industry vendors. Machine-type demonstrations included high-performance vertical milling, multi-axis, double column, gantry-type portal, high speed (steel/graphite), horizontal, sinker EDM, wire cut EDM, die/mold spotting presses, turning solutions and automation.
The YCM Alliance program enables machine tool brands, dealers and solutions experts to work together to supply application-based systems designed to help customers improve processes, quality and overall machining productivity. Partners subscribe to a common assessment processes designed to better understand each customer’s unique requirements, challenges and goals. The result is a comprehensive recommendation that takes into consideration process, machine types, configuration, special layout, financing, cost justification and ROI. Service and support levels are guaranteed across all YCM Alliance brands, systems and components to ensure steady performance and reliability.
