Sandvik Coromant Opens New U.S. Headquarters
Location consolidates company’s functions at updated Mebane facility which houses its production unit, Sandvik Coromant Center and offices in one common location.
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Sandvik Coromant opened a new Sandvik Coromant Center in Mebane, North Carolina, in conjunction with moving its U.S. headquarters to the same location. With approximately 170 employees, the updated 167,000-square-foot facility houses an existing production unit, the new tech center and corporate offices, all in one common location.
Mebane is said to lie in the heart of major aerospace and automotive customer locations within a 200-mile radius and is easily accessible from three nearby airports, thus enabling Sandvik Coromant to be close to customers and partners. In addition, Mebane is located near the “Research Triangle” in the vicinity of North Carolina State University, Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
“Bringing together all company functions in one location will increase internal alignment and cross-functional collaboration,” says Sean Holt, president of Sandvik Coromant’s sales area Americas. “With all departments present in Mebane, we can provide customers and partners with a fully integrated, state-of-the-art immersion into the latest technologies and machining applications.”
The new Sandvik Coromant Center Mebane is a designed as a hub for training, R&D testing, customer projects, digital live machining (DLM) capabilities and, most of all, an opportunity for comprehensive customer and partner engagement with the overall Sandvik Coromant experience.
The company says that the center enables customers and partners to fully interact with the latest technology and digital machining techniques. Customers can also work with Sandvik Coromant experts — including manufacturing specialists, development and process engineers, and CAM programmers—to develop new ways of overcoming machining challenges.
The facility includes a large auditorium, integrated showroom and modern machine tools, as well as an ITAR aerospace project area. In addition, the DLM system can be used for broadcasting training and machining demonstrations, enabling collaboration with others around the globe in real time.
