Ellison dropped okuma

ewlsey said:

This kind of stuff happens all the time. Here in the Midwest, Hartwig sells Okuma, and Ellison sells Mori. Yamazen used to sell Mori, now they sell Brother.

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davids9722210 said:

In the machine tool industry.I think that the biggest event is american goverment punish toshiba selling 5-axis machine to russia.
Does anyone agree that the second biggest event is that ellison dropped okuma?Someone can speak any detail about that

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ewlsey said:

This kind of stuff happens all the time. Here in the Midwest, Hartwig sells Okuma, and Ellison sells Mori. Yamazen used to sell Mori, now they sell Brother.

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Mtndew said:

I refer you to a thread from 2006:
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/cnc-machining/ellison-machine-drop-okuma-line-118946/

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scadvice said:

I thought it was Mitsubishi, not Toshiba, that sold the 5 axis machine control systems to Russia for making quiet pitch sub props?

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Mickey_D said:

I have heard from a couple of pretty good sources that Mori was moving to a direct model in most areas like Mazak does and that Ellison was in a world of hurt. Ellison is trying to get the Doosan line away from Amtech (they really screwed the pooch on service) but don't know if that is going to happen. Take rumors for what they are, but there is a lot of moving around amongst the brands right now.

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gkoenig said:

I thought DMG Mori had an ownership stake in Ellison?

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Joe788 said:

Toshiba sold the boring mills for Russian propellers. Mitutoyo sold the CMMs that aided the nuclear programs of Libya, Iran, and North Korea.

Toshiba Caught Between Tokyo and Washington - NYTimes.com.

The Mitutoyo Case: Will Japan Learn from Its Mistakes or Repeat Them? | Articles | NTI Analysis | NTI

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gkoenig said:

I thought DMG Mori had an ownership stake in Ellison?

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March 2007

Ellison Technologies, Inc., (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.) the machine-tool sales and distribution firm with outlets in the American West and Midwest, has been purchased jointly by trading company Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) and machine-tool builder Mori Seiki Co., Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan). Purchase price is reported at approximately $35-million.

Mitsui, with gross sales last year in excess of [yen] 4.1-trillion (almost $35-billion), has major interests in the iron and steel, chemicals, machinery, and financial markets. Its largest subsidiary outside Japan, Mitsui & Co. (USA), Inc. (New York, N.Y.), has been expanding from the import/export business into other business services. Although Mitsui & Co. is a major stockholder in jig-grinder and precision-machining-center builder Mitsui Seiki Kogyo Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan), that company remains separate. Another company that shares the Mitsui name but also is separate is surface-grinder builder Mitsui High-tec Inc. (formerly Mitsui Mfg., Kitakyushu, Japan).

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scadvice said:

I thought it was Mitsubishi, not Toshiba, that sold the 5 axis machine control systems to Russia for making quiet pitch sub props?

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jgrasty said:

My Mazak sales guy tells me the Mori / Ellison divorce could happen anytime. Apparently, the Ellison people are being offered jobs at Mori at a substantial salary cut.

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Moriboy said:

Here in the PNW:

Mazak left Machine Tool Works and is going to be sold by CNC Machine Services (former Doosan dealer)
Mori is going direct and leaving Ellison, who is picking up Doosan.

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Doug said:

These dealership changes can be brutal, I asked one of the Mazak guys about the old dealer (poor field service) and did they bring any of the sales and techs over to the new place. He said they make a clean break and start from scratch with the new dealer's people.

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