Kitagawa North-Tech Acquires Exclusive Distribution of Nobel Chucks
This deal gives them the exclusive distribution, sales and marketing rights for Kawatatec Nobel chucks in North America.
Posted: August 22, 2018
Kitagawa North-Tech, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) acquired the exclusive distribution, sales and marketing rights for Kawatatec Nobel chucks for North America. Due to their rugged build and extremely large size, the Nobel brand of chucks have become synonymous with oil and gas industry applications over the last three decades because of their unique features, forged steel bodies, large bore size, time-tested performance and reliability in these demanding applications. Available up to 3.5 m (11.48 in) in size, Nobel Large Power, Manual and Special VTL face plates and chucks are designed for large bearing, aerospace, power generation and large commercial work, while the Nobel Oil Country chucks are uniquely suited for down-hole drilling, instrumentation, fracking and refining.
Nobel chucks are also available in a wide assortment of sizes, styles and configurations, including large face plates with boring mill jaws, manual independent 4-jaw, 3-jaw scroll, power combination chucks, indexing chucks, pull down chucks and special application 6-jaw 2+2+2 chucks for thin wall machining up to 3.5 m. Nobel Special Large Bore Oil and Gas chucks up to 42 in diameter can handle spindle pass through of up to 14.5 in diameter.
“Kitagawa and Kawatatec are two like-minded companies,” noted Kevin Bennett, the vice president of sales and marketing at Kitagawa North-Tech. “We both share a similar heritage and approach to design, manufacturing principles and quality standards, so we believed the Nobel brand to be an excellent addition to join our ever-expanding family of workholding systems. Acquiring the Nobel brand distribution rights for North America also reinforces our vision and promise to customers to be their turnkey workholding supplier in North America.”
Earlier this year, Kitagawa North-Tech absorbed ITEX Workholding operations that previously held the distribution rights for Nobel chucks in North America. The principal of ITEX, Mike Roberts, joined Kitagawa North-Tech to provide continuity in selling Nobel equipment, along with his tremendous knowledge and breadth of oil and gas industry experience. He currently serves as their regional sales manager throughout the Southwest.
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