Yamazaki Mazak Germany Ltd., headquartered in Göppingen, will be a new product partner to Bundesliga team Borussia Dortmund from the beginning of the new 2017/2018 season. Mazak is an international mechanical tools company with a strong local presence in Germany.

Among other things, the company develops and produces CNC lathes and milling machines as well as 2D und 3D laser cutting machines. Distinctive control and automatisation technologies are also focal points for the company.

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Mazak will serve as a product partner to BVB during the forthcoming season and will receive various packages for customer support and public relations around the BVB communication and business platform.

"We are really pleased that we have another internationally orientated company with Japanese roots as a product partner on our side", said Carsten Cramer, Director of Operations & Marketing at Borussia Dortmund. "It is confirmation of our continuous international activity at the same time".

Martin Engels, manager of Yamazaki Mazak Germany Ltd., added: "Our partnership with BVB gives us a fantastic platform upon which we will be able to greatly inspire new and existing customers about our product portfolio. Mazak and BVB are not only connected by a passion for putting in a top performance every day, but also by an incredible team spirit that has distinguished both companies for years now.

We are not just a supplier of machine tools. BVB's motto - True Love - brings together passion and emotion, two attributes that also play a leading role as part of our firm's philosophy. In order to be able to get the best results for our customers, we stand for intensive and reliable partnerships. Our engagement with BVB gives us the opportunity to lead a new and exciting dialogue with our customers in a passionate setting."

Mazak Company Profile

Yamazaki Mazak Germany Ltd.

Yamazaki Mazak, a machine tool producer founded in Japan in 1919, is a technological leader among suppliers of multi-function machines, CNC turning centres, CNC later cutting machines as well as vertical and horizontal processing centres. The company employs around 8,000 workers worldwide, 160 of which are located in Germany. Yamazaki Mazak established its first European sales office in Düsseldorf as early as 1970, after which followed three technology centres: one in Göppingen, one in Munich and one in Leipzig. Yamazaki Mazak Ltd.'s German headquarters have been located in Göppingen since 1981. Mazak further extended its regional presence in Germany with the opening of the new technology centres in Leipzig and Düsseldorf in 2011 and 2012 respectively. The company supports customers with all aspects of manufacturing using its own sales staff as well as application and service engineers. Recently, Mazak has turned itself into a solutions provider for the manufacturing industry with its 'Smooth Control Technology", numerous new automatisation solutions and its "IoT Concept" (Internet of Things).