TOKYO – Saki opened a manufacturing plant in Yamato Koriyama City, Nara Prefecture, for the manufacture of 3-D automated x-ray inspection equipment.

AXI production at Saki's IGA, Japan, plant will be transferred to the new facility.

Saki's manufacturing production in Nara will use the building and resources of DMG Mori and is almost twice as large as its current facility. The relocation enables Saki to triple its production of AXI systems and expands Saki's production bases in Japan to approximately 28,000 sq. ft.

Operation is scheduled to start Mar. 2, with completion of the move projected for the end of April.

"With the rapid progress of smart factories, the need for automated 3-D inspection equipment, especially AXI, has become essential," said Norihiro Koike, president of Saki. "To meet this demand, Saki has invested in increased research and development to achieve even greater inspection accuracy and to optimize production. We are continuing to develop new equipment and software to better enable machine-to-machine capabilities and the smart factory."

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