Contacts: Mike Tanniru (603) 357-2511
Mike.Tanniru@ametek.com
KEENE, NH, October 1, 2013 – Precitech, a global manufacturer of innovative ultra
precision machining solutions, and Levicron, a manufacturer of air-bearing motor
spindles for ultra precision machining, have partnered to further a common goal of
providing customers with the most-innovative ultra precision machining solutions
available.
The two companies jointly announce that Precitech is now the exclusive distributor of
Levicron spindles in the Americas and Asia. Precitech will expand its sales and service
centers in Keene, NH, and Shanghai to provide sales, technical support and repair
service for Levicron spindles.
Both Precitech and Levicron bring valuable benefits to the partnership. Levicron offers
unique high-speed, air-bearing spindle designs that are more productive and offer
greater accuracy than available elsewhere. Precitech’s sales, service and application
engineers will provide Levicron with local support enabling it to reach a broader range of
markets for its innovative line of spindles.
“Precitech has driven relentlessly to provide its customers with innovative solutions that
incorporate the latest ultra precision technologies,” notes Mike Tanniru, Business
Director for Precitech. “By partnering with Levicron, our application engineers have added another critical tool to their arsenal of solutions.”
“We believe our new line of air-bearing spindles is revolutionary,” notes Dr. Ralf Dupont,
President of Levicron. “By partnering with Precitech, we greatly expand our global sales,
service, and application resources and gain increased access to important machining
markets for our latest ultra precision technologies.”
Precitech is a global manufacturer of innovative ultra precision machining solutions with
an installed base of over 1,500 systems in 22 countries. It designs and manufactures
precision machining systems for turning, milling, and grinding. These systems produce
rotationally symmetric, asymmetric, freeform and sculpted geometries, achieving form
tolerances in the sub-micron range and nanometer surface finishes when equipped with
diamond tooling.
Headquartered in Kaiserlautern, Germany, Levicron Gmbh develops, manufactures,
and markets ultra precision, air-bearing motor spindles for micro, precision, and ultra
precision manufacturing. For more information on Levicron’s line of ultra precision air
bearing motor spindles, contact Sauerwiesen 6, 67661 Kaiserslautern, Germany. Email:
info@levicron.com, Web site: www.levicron.com
Precitech is a business unit of AMETEK Ultra Precision Technologies, a division of
AMETEK, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and
electromechanical devices, with annualized sales of $3.5 billion.
For more information on Precitech ultra precision machining systems, contact Precitech,
44 Blackbrook Road, Keene, NH 03431, USA. Tel: (603) 357-2511. Fax: (603) 358-
6174. E-mail: precitech.machinesales@precitech.com, Web site: www.precitech.com
(Link to the Levicron website: www.levicron.de)