Acu-Rite Moves Production to Illinois

The manufacturing facilities of Acu-Rite products successfully moved from their long-time base in Jamestown, NY, to larger facilities at the North American headquarters of parent-company Heidenhain Corporation (Schaumburg, IL). This centralized location now offers quicker access to the industrial manufacturing resources in the Chicago area while keeping the “Made in America” tradition alive. “This forward-thinking move was made to strengthen the Acu-Rite brand,” said John Parker, the machine tool business development manager at Heidenhain. “The production of these products is now going strong in Illinois, while at the same time we continue to invest in the Acu-Rite R&D department that remains in Jamestown.”

Keeping customer needs in mind first, products currently on the Illinois manufacturing lines include all the digital readouts (models DRO10X, DRO203, DRO30X) and DRO accessories, such as IB2X and IOB610, as well as all the encoder bracket kits, such as those for SENC 150, SENC 50 as well as the MILLPWRG2 control and associated components. Lines are fully staffed with technicians overseen by managers in test engineering, quality and operations. “It is important that we maintain the reliability and integrity of all these products and continue to focus on ease of use of all our end products,” added Parker. Service and support of these products has also been important during this manufacturing operations transition. Dedicated, trained staff are now in place in Schaumburg to provide technical support and field service.  See below for contact information:

• ACU-RITE DRO and Encoder Support = techsupportHC@heidenhain.com
• MILLPWRG2 Programming and Application Support = millpwrservice@heidenhain.com

“This transition has been done for all of the right reasons,” noted Parker.  “With these changes and investments, we expect the brand to become even stronger and look forward to sharing that with all our distribution.”

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