On April 12, Li Lin, deputy mayor of Changzhou Municipal People’s Government and secretary of CPC Wujin District Committee, met with the delegation of Okuma Corporation to jointly promote the transformation and upgrading of the intelligent equipment industry in Wujin National High-tech Industrial Zone (WIZ).

At the meeting, Li Lin said that as a world-renowned manufacturer of CNC machine tools, Okuma Corporation’s products are known in the industry for their high speed, high precision and long life. Changzhou is a key intelligent equipment manufacturing base in China. The WIZ has gathered a number of high-quality intelligent manufacturing enterprises. It is hoped that in the future, Okuma will cooperate with WIZ to promote the development of the intelligent equipment industry in the industrial zone.

Okuma Corporation, founded in 1898, is a machine tool builder based in Oguchi-cho, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It has global market share in CNC machine tools such as CNC lathes, machining centers, and turn-mill machining centers. The company also offers FA (factory automation) products and servomotors. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a component of the Nikkei 225 stock index.