Sumitomo Electric Carbide opens Tool Engineering Center

Sumitomo Electric Carbide Inc., Mount Prospect, Ill., has announced the opening of its Tool Engineering Center (TEC) and plant expansion in New Berlin, Wis. The 55,000-sq.-ft. expansion has more than doubled the size of the facility, which manufactures solid carbide drills, replaceable carbide drills, regrinds, CBN inserts, PCD inserts, and special round tools.

The 10,000-sq.-ft. TEC includes a large training room for multiple levels of training classes, machines to display cutting tool products and demonstrate on-the-machine training, and extensive measuring tools.