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Murata Machinery USA marks 40 years in business

Charlotte, N.C.-based Murata Machinery USA Inc., a provider of high-production machine tools and industrial automation, celebrates its 40th year in business in 2014. The firm offers sales, service, and support of the Muratec brand in North America.

The company, a subsidiary of Murata Machinery Ltd., Kyoto, Japan, comprises four divisions: machine tools (including turning and fabrication business units), logistics and automation, clean factory automation, and textiles.

The fabrication business unit specializes in applications, service, and sales of turret punch presses, fiber lasers, and automation for those machines. The fabrication unit began as Murata-Wiedemann in 1989 upon Murata’s purchase of the Wiedemann line.