Kurt Industrial Products Opens In Shanghai China

Kurt Manufacturing Company, Industrial Products Division, announced that the USA based automated manufacturing of precision AngLock vises for shipment and marketing in China. Supporting this expanded USA vise production, Kurt announced the opening of sales and service facilities named Kurt Manufacturing Shanghai.

Kurt has made its vise products globally competitive through the use of an Automated Production System (APS). Designed and operated at its Minneapolis, Minnesota facilities, this APS system produces different size vise models that have many exclusive features. As a result, they are the preferred vises for the most demanding precision machining applications encountered everywhere in the manufacturing world and especially in China's fast-growing manufacturing economy. To assist in this major expansion, Kurt has opened Kurt Manufacturing Shanghai to provide onsite technical service and marketing for the full line of AngLock vises and accessories throughout China.

Steve Kane, global sales and marketing manager for Kurt Industrial Products, made the announcement and stated, "Kurt's Automated Production Systems allow us to make our vise products here in Minnesota and ship them to China while being globally competitive. Kurt Manufacturing Shanghai is an exciting growth opportunity for Kurt precision machine vises in the dynamic Chinese manufacturing market, and we're especially proud and pleased to have as Chinese partners the following new personnel:"