Morris Great Lakes Celebrates New Facility Grand Opening

More than 14 CNC machine tools will be under power at the Open House. Okuma technology on display will include a new horizontal machining center, a horizontal machining center utilizing a 10-pallet handling system, vertical lathes, horizontal lathes, and multifunction lathes.

Two vertical machining centers, a super precision lathe and a universal grinder will be shown by Hardinge Group. Tsugami/REM Sales will exhibit two of their easy to set up and operate bar fed automatic lathes. Accessories, tooling and software from key industry partners will also be shown.

New construction on the building began last July by W.K. Thomas and Associates of Butler, PA. The new facility includes an 8,000 sq ft technical center comprised of machine demonstration areas and facilities for test cutting, research and development, and the development of custom turnkey solutions.

The remaining 4,000 sq ft area houses a modern applications engineering department, spare parts, support services, training, and administrative offices.

Morris Great Lakes currently employs 35 people as the exclusive regional distributor of Okuma, Tsugami, Hardinge, and Bridgeport CNC machine tools. In addition to new machine tools, the company provides engineered solutions, replacement parts, service, preventive maintenance and other services including customer consultation, financing, installation, training, and disposition of retired machines.

Its customers are manufacturers of precision machined parts from virtually every industry, including aerospace, medical, automotive, and heavy industries.

Morris Great Lakes is a division of Morris Group, Inc. (Windsor, CT) whose history of serving the manufacturing community dates back to 1941. Its 14 divisions form one of the largest machine tool distribution networks in North America and employs more than 500 people. www.morrisgreatlakes.com