While much of the industry is focused on IMTS 2024, we have to admit that we’re equally excited about the completion of our Center for Machining Excellence. Opening in October, this facility is co-located with the REGO-FIX North American headquarters. Through partnership with a range of manufacturing technology providers, we have created a space you can visit to experience a wide range of innovations under one roof.
Excellent Partners
Which companies will you see when you visit the Center for Machining Excellence? We’re excited to be announcing our first wave of partners, all innovative technology providers who can help drive your future growth.
KERN: Innovative nano and micro machining centers
TORNOS: Highly productive and precise sliding-headstock and multi-spindle lathes
Kitamura: Flexible and reliable horizontal, vertical and 5-axis machining centers
SolidCAM: Powerful CAM software with seamless integrations
BLASER: High-performance metalworking fluids, CNC process optimization, and support services.
Wave two of our Excellence Partners, soon to be announced, will be a collection of cutting tool, metrology, metal additive, and workholding partners offering the latest in state-of-the-art technologies and offering.
Excellent Travel
Haven’t visited Indianapolis before? It’s a breeze to reach us!
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Nashville, Louisville, Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland and Detroit can all be reached by car in three to five hours. If you’re further away, you’ll likely want to fly into the Indianapolis International Airport, which has been named the Best Airport in North America for eleven straight years.
Additionally, as home of the world’s largest single-day sporting event and host to a diverse range of national and international conferences, Indianapolis has long invested in the hospitality industry. You’ll have a wide range of convenient and comfortable options for your lodging and dining.
Excellent Amenities
Whether you’re coming here for a business meeting or an open house event, you’re going to leave impressed with what we’ve achieved.
The Center for Machining Excellence contains an expansive showroom that’s shared by all of our partners, including a dedicated area for live product demonstrations. A hospitality area provides a comfortable space for breaks and meals. We’ve also included a large, state-of-the-art presentation room that accommodates up to 70 guests, providing an exceptional resource for training sessions and seminars.
You’ll also experience a high level of technology throughout the whole of the facility, from cutting-edge audio/video equipment for live and streamed meetings to a stunning 165-inch video wall.
Excellent Resources
We’ve empowered our partners to provide you with excellent service and support. Our unique CME facility will be available as a Midwest hub for our partners to offer training and group events to their customers, and provide a landing spot for partner team member and guests.
In addition, select manufacturing technology partners are locating their starting US based office at the Center for Machining Excellence, which offers them their own ergonomic, modern private office area and home base. They also have the option of dedicated warehouse space and can use our shipping and fulfillment services when needed, allowing them to put our established infrastructure to work for you!
Excellent Logistics
When it comes to logistics, it’s hard to top Indianapolis.
Many people may not know that our metro area is home to the world’s second largest FedEx Air hub, as well as the sixth-largest cargo airport in the United States. Our state is first in the nation in the number of pass-through highways. Need to ship by rail? We’re fourth in freight railways. Not to mention, Indiana is home to three ports that provide convenient access to the Inland Waterway System and St. Lawrence Seaway.
There’s a lot to back up Indiana’s nickname, The Crossroad of the America. You can rest assured that the companies partnering with the Center for Machining Excellence will be able to ship and receive product as quickly and efficiently as possible.