Mori Seiki’s new NZ Series features machines equipped with three turrets with built-in milling motors™, resulting in three times the machining ability. The company’s NZ2000 T3Y3 will be featured at WESTEC 2007.

Chicago, Illinois, March 26, 2007 – Mori Seiki’s new NZ Series will be unveiled to the US market during the upcoming WESTEC Exposition and Conference. The company’s NZ2000 T3Y3 is the world’s first multi-axis machine manufactured with three turrets with built-in milling motors™ and a Y-axis function, and will be featured at the show. This machine and other ground-breaking innovations by Mori Seiki will be available in the Ellison Technologies booth (#3300), a company distributor.

Built for high-efficiency, mass production machining, the NZ Series is an ideal solution for machining bar material, shafts, flanges and precision equipment. The series also provides users with synchronized machining, and dramatically reduced machining time. Specifically, the NZ machine with the 2-turret, 2-spindle specifications can reduce machining time by approximately 30% when compared to other conventional machines.

The machine’s second turret features a unique, high-rigidity ram structure, which ensures higher chip disposal ability. Additionally, a 3D interference checking function that runs on the MAPPS III next generation operating system is incorporated into the NZ Series design, enabling operators to monitor the complex movements of the turrets in real time.

Other models in the series include the NZ1500, featuring a 6-inch chuck, and the NZ2000 with an 8-inch chuck. Customers have the option of selecting from two turrets without a Y-axis function to three turrets with the Y-axis function, resulting in ten different variations of the machine. Furthermore, a maximum of 48 tools can be installed, enabling minimal setup changes and hours of unmanned operation.

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.