The Machine Tool Division manufactures various machine tools, precision cutting tools, auto parts(engine valves and transmission parts), and power transmissions at its main plant at Ritto in Shiga Prefecture, the Kyoto plant, and the Iwatsuka plant(Nagoya). The Division has accumulated technologies highly praised in and outside of Japan, as a pioneer in the Japanese Machine Tool Industry. It Division aims to reach the maximum limits for productivity, accuracy, and performance. The sundry products manufactured meet the diverse requests of customers and supply industry with the very best machines and services for machining processes. Foremost among the precision cutting tools produced in the Division is the world's first dry cutting hob capable of that completely dry cutting, available since 2002. The Division is a total manufacturer of gear cutting tools, renowned worldwide for its versatile skills in the production of both precision cutting tools and gear cutting machines, and for the outstanding new products it develops based on its extensive experience. In May 2005, MHI established Mitsubishi Heavy Industries India Precision Tools, Ltd., a production base for precision cutting tools expected to increase MHI's share in Indian and other overseas markets. The Division began producing engine valves for the Zero Fighter, and now it produces valves mainly for automobiles. The technical expertise and quality capabilities cultivated by the Division through years of experience are prized in both domestic and overseas markets. As part of an ongoing expansion in overseas deployment, the Division began producing engine valves with MHI's Chinese joint venture partner, Shenyang Aerospace Xinguang Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine Valve Co., Ltd., in April 2005. The Division uses its gear cutting machines to mass produce transmission parts and power transmissions. The technologies acquired through operations are used to develop transmission parts, pwer transmissions, and machine tools. |
