Matsuura Machinery
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 Matsuura Machinery Corporation HQ | |
Native name | 株式会社松浦機械製作所 |
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| Joint-stock company | |
| Industry | Machine Tools |
| Founded | September 1960 |
| Headquarters | Fukui, Japan |
Area served | Fukui Prefecture |
| Revenue | 9,129 million yen (FY2012) |
Number of employees | 285 |
| Website |
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Matsuura Machinery Corporation (株式会社松浦機械製作所 Kabushiki Kaisha Matsuura Kikai Seisakusho) is a machine tool manufacturing company based in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, in operation since August 1935.
Matsuura Machinery began as a manufacturer and distributor of lathes in 1935. Production of milling machines began in 1957, and the company went public in 1960. Production of automatic-controlled milling machines began in 1961 and numerically-controlled milling machines from 1964. Production of automatically-controlled drilling machines began in 1972, and vertical machining centers from 1974. The company began exporting to the United States from 1975. In 1981, Matsuura Machinery began production of high-speed machining centers and twin-spindle vertical machining centers, and horizontal machining centers from 1983. The total number of machining centers shipped surpassed 10,000 units in 1993 and 20,000 in 2015.