Reinforcing the one-stop-shop strategy: Yoshida Tekko KK, a leader in the Japanese market for chip conveyors, coolant systems and high level filtration systems, joins the Swiss LNS Group. This strategic union allows the LNS Group to further expand in Asia, to serve its customers globally and to offer coolant system and conveyor innovations in the Asian markets.
The headquarters of LNS Yoshida KK in Nomi, Japan.
The Swiss LNS Group acquires the assets of Yoshida Tekko KK. Founded in 1969 Yoshida Tekko KK is one of the leading companies in the Japanese machine tool industry with more than 100 employees. “Leveraging on both companies’ product portfolios, this strategic union allows us to share technologies and offer our customers a complete solution to automate and optimize their machine tools”, states Thomas Boehmer, CEO of the LNS Group. “We want to optimize the material flow and enhance productivity and efficiency for our customers from the start to the finish of the production cycle”, says Mr. Boehmer.
New company in Japan: LNS Yoshida The acquisition gives the LNS Group a base to introduce new products into the Japanese market and serve the Japanese clients directly. As LNS is already the market leader for bar feeders in South East Asia and has production facilities in Taiwan and China, the union with Yoshida will further facilitate the Asia expansion and the implementation of the One-Stop-Shop strategy.
Step by step: LNS’ expansion to the One-Stop-Shop With highly successful bar feeder series such as the “Express” and “Sprint”, LNS has been a world market leader for nearly 40 years. “The acquisition of the chip conveyor company Turbo Systems Inc. in 2002 gave LNS a market leadership position for conveyors in the USA and a base for expansion in Europe. Since then, we developed the One-Stop-Shop strategy, to automate the CNC machine tools with a concentrated array of peripheral products”, explains Thomas Boehmer. The acquisition of the Italian air filtration specialist Fox IFS in 2010 and the introduction of the air filtration products to Asia was another step on this expansion track. Mr. Boehmer: “While the One-Stop-Shop is already implemented in the United States and Europe, the acquisition of Yoshida into the LNS Group allows us to realize this strategy in Asia, too.”
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