Sumitomo Machinery Corporation of America Announces Production Expansion at Corona, CA Facility

Sumitomo Machinery Corporation of America (SMA) announces an expansion in production operations at their facility in Corona, California to include the Hyponic® product line. Until now, the Corona facility has assembled a limited range of products, but continued, rapidly growing demand for the Hyponic within the western region led the company to begin expansion plans late in 2006. SMA expects to finish the project by the end of March 2007 and hold an open house for customers in late April. This expansion includes additional production equipment, inventory and personnel that will increase the facility’s per unit output by 35%.

One of Sumitomo’s premium gearing solutions, the Hyponic features a compact, modular housing, maintenance-free grease lubrication and patented, all-steel hypoidal gear technology that leads the industry in quiet operation and high efficiency. “There are more than two million Hyponics currently in service and this is not the first Hyponic production expansion for SMA,” noted Ron Smith, President and CEO of SMA. “In 2005 we completed an expansion at our Chesapeake manufacturing headquarters that doubled our Hyponic production capacity. Our western facility expansion significantly increases our capacity in the region and enables us to keep pace with customers’ growing demand for this product.”.