{"id":"kitamura","model_id":"Kitamura","name":"Kitamura","summary":"Kitamura Machinery is a Japanese machine tool builder founded in 1933 that designs and manufactures vertical, horizontal and 5-axis machining centres. The company also produces its own Arumatik-Mi CNC control and automated pallet pool and tool changer systems. Its current line includes the Supercell 5-axis horizontal machining centres and the MedCenter5AX.","study_notes":["Legal name: Kitamura Machinery.","Founded in 1933 by Genji Kitamura in Kanayamachi, Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture, under the name Kitamura Iron Works.","Early work was sub-contract manufacturing of paper pulp machinery for Komatsu Ltd.","1960s: became a domestic planer manufacturer and developed the plano-miller, combining planer and milling machine functions.","1970s: first vertical machining centres, models T-12, T-15 and T-20, introduced an ultra-fast automatic tool changer.","1980s: developed the SUPERCELL-300, described in the document as the first 5-axis automated machining centre.","1990s: 1,969 ipm rapid feed rates on solid box ways, gear-driven spindles reaching 20,000 rpm, and patented twin ballscrew and dual feedback technology.","2000s: first 5-axis VMC (Mytrunnion-5), F- and H-Series machining centres with accuracies up to +/-0.00004 in full stroke, 2,362 ipm rapid feed on solid box ways, and introduction of the Arumatik-Mi CNC control.","2010s: field-expandable pallet pools and tool changers, further Supercell series 5-axis horizontal machining centres, and the Anywhere Remote IoT monitoring system reporting machine status by email.","2020s: 90th anniversary, Kitamura Innovation Factory opened with NTT DoCoMo at the Japan Head Office and Works, and Auto Part Producer software for users without machining experience.","Products named in the document include the Arumatik-Mi control, Supercell-300G, Supercell-1000G and MedCenter5AX.","The document states the company holds more than 200 patents and patents pending in machining centre design."],"safety_notes":[],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.kitamura-machinery.com/kitamura-history/","title":"Our History: 90 Years of CNC Innovation & Precision | Kitamura Machinery","accessed":"2026-10-26"}],"verification":{"status":"source_checked","checked_at":"2026-10-26","values":2,"method":"llm_source_check"},"updated_at":"2026-10-26","type":"manufacturer","spec":{"website":"https://www.kitamura-machinery.com/","domains":["kitamura-machinery.com"],"logo":"/logos/kitamura.svg","country":"JP","founded_year":1933},"url":"https://machineschema.com/manufacturer/kitamura","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"}