Nidec said the company has strategically expanded its press machine business (manufacturing, sales and service) globally (see Figure 1), increasing its machine press and peripheral equipment offering through mergers and acquisitions. The newest acquisition of small high-speed presses, medium-sized presses, large presses and peripheral equipment will complete Nidec’s full turnkey line of medium and large presses and expand its sales to automotive customers in North America. Nidec will also incorporate blanking technology into its portfolio of products, which has the flexibility to be programmed to accommodate a variety of products and applications, with high precision blanking.
Founded in 1949, Automatic Feed Company is a designer and manufacturer of coil processing machinery and systems. The company has primarily been recognized for providing automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier 1 suppliers with automated, high-speed blanking, cut-to-length, and laser blanking lines for surface-critical applications.
“This acquisition provides Automatic Feed a more competitive global footprint as well as complementary products within the same integrated group,” said NP&A CEO David Winch. “Metal formers are continuing to be tasked with an increasing amount of challenges and need a partner who can provide more integrated and full line solutions at a consistent high quality level, while providing a streamlined and effective customer support relationship.”
“We are excited to welcome the Automatic Feed Company to our comprehensive team,” said Ron Arling, president of Nidec Minster and Nidec Press & Automation. “We look forward to providing our customers with another synergistic resource from which to build an innovative and profitable manufacturing solution.”
Automatic Feed will join other metal forming OEM brands under the NP&A umbrella, including Minster Presses (Ohio), Arisa Presses (Spain), Kyori Presses (Japan) Vamco Feeds (Pittsburgh) CHS Coil Lines (Michigan) and SYS Controls and Automation (Germany).
