You Ji Machine Industrial Opens New Factory in Taiwan

Absolute Machine Tools hosts distributor trip to grand opening of this impressive new plant, along with tours of other Taiwanese principals’ factories.

“The 40-plus distributors of Absolute Machine Tools’ product line of CNC lathes and machining centers are still talking about how much they learned after visiting several of our principal OEM builders in Taiwan this past spring,” says Steve Ortner, the president of Absolute Machine Tools, Inc. (Lorain, OH). One of the highlights was touring You Ji Machine’s brand new factory in Kaohsiung City.

The new and modern 188,370 sq ft facility features a robust electronic infrastructure, manufacturing and assembly areas equipped with new hoisting mechanisms and an advanced climate control system, a contemporary design and engineering department, modern office area, spacious customer demonstration room, and a well-appointed training center with high definition presentation equipment.

The top floor even includes six efficiency apartments, where You Ji provides housing, maid, and culinary service for customers and distributors to stay on-site if they wish for ease and comfort. Managing Director of You Ji, Cheng-Jen Wang led the group on a factory tour and provided gracious hospitality.

“One of the most impressive aspects to the trip was seeing a very large 8 m VTL being built,” says Ortner. “The You Ji VTHS-7000, an amazing machine that weighs 365 tons with a table diameter of 275.5 in, a maximum swing of 354 in and a maximum turning diameter of 334.6 in.” In addition to visiting You Ji Machine, the group from Absolute Machine Tools also spent time at the factories of Johnford, Tongtai, Quick Tech, Ecoca, and AccuteX.

Absolute Machine Tools, comprised of Absolute Machine Tools and AccuteX EDM, sells and supports You Ji vertical turret lathes, Johnford sliding double column machining centers, Tongtai horizontal machining centers, and QuickTech multi-axis turning centers. AccuteX EDM sells and services a variety of EDM wire, sinker, and hole drilling machines. The company has worked with several of its principal machine tool partners for 25 years to offer some of the most heavy-duty, accurate, and productive machines in the industry.

The company has built its reputation on exemplary applications engineering, service, customer support, comprehensive training, and effective preventive-maintenance programs. Absolute Machine Tools assists manufacturing companies – from small machine shops to large OEMs – improve their production processes and become more competitive in a challenging global economy. The company also has offices in Cleveland, OH and Livonia, MI. www.absolutemachine.com, www.accutexedm.com