Chicago, Illinois, October 29, 2007 – Mori Seiki recently began construction on a new facility to house Digital Technology Laboratory Corporation (DTL), a subsidiary of the company dedicated to developing manufacturing innovations. Details of the new facility were revealed at an official ground breaking ceremony that took place October 10 in Davis, California. DTL president Adam Hansel presided over the event.

The company has grown by more than 200% over the past year and currently employs over 50 of the brightest minds in manufacturing from all over the world. The new, state-of-the-art facility will contain 45,000
sq. ft, with over 10,000 sq. ft. of showroom/R&D space. The building will also feature a dedicated thermal isolation test chamber, vibration dampening floors, solar power solutions, and space to house over 100
engineers.

DTL, a rapidly growing company, creates high performance and low cost solutions for Mori Seiki and its customers by providing innovative analysis methodologies, advanced mechanical design techniques, and high performance software solutions. DTL develops processes and systems by utilizing the latest information technologies to reduce machine tool development time, to improve product quality and to develop software solutions to fully utilize Mori Seiki machine tools.

“DTL has played a key role in the creation and perfection of a wide variety of Mori Seiki’s most impressive innovations,” said Dr. Mori. “By investing in this asset, we will further enhance our ability to develop new technologies at a faster speed.”

The new DTL facility is currently scheduled to open in October 2008.

About Mori Seiki
Mori Seiki produces extremely reliable machine tools and distributes worldwide. The U.S. headquarters is in Chicago with offices in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, and New Jersey. For more about Mori Seiki and the products in the Mori Seiki line, visit www.moriseiki.com or call (847) 593-5400.