Manufacturing priorities aren't the same for every shop.
For some, it's increasing spindle utilization. For others, it's improving first-pass yield, reducing setup time, expanding automation, or finding the capacity to take on the next opportunity. Whatever defines success for your operation, that's where the conversation begins. At IMTS 2026, Makino is bringing together the latest machining technologies, automation systems, digital manufacturing solutions and engineering expertise designed to help manufacturers improve the outcomes that matter most.
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New milling and EDM machining centers
Flexible automation solutions
Digital manufacturing and software innovations
Process engineering and manufacturing expertise
Technical training and customer support platforms
This year's IMTS experience isn't only about seeing the newest machines. It's about discovering solutions that help your business perform better — today and long after IMTS ends.
Because when accuracy, reliability, and repeatability matter, manufacturers do not just choose a machine. They choose Makino.
What matters most in your shop?
Choose the area that matters most to your operation and see how Makino machine design, automation, software, service, and application expertise help support it.
Reliability
Reliability means something different in every shop. It may be fewer interruptions, more predictable schedules, or confidence that the machine will be ready when the next job is. Makino builds reliability into machine structure, component protection, monitoring, and support so uptime becomes easier to sustain.
Accuracy is not always about chasing another decimal place. Often, it is about trusting the process through long cycles, complex contours, thermal changes, and inspection. Makino supports that confidence through thermal control, motion control, spindle design, and machine architecture built around repeatable results.
When a process is unstable, everything gets harder: tool life, finish, tolerance, cycle time, and operator confidence. Makino approaches rigidity through casting design, guideway selection, ballscrew control, and machine structure so the cut stays more predictable in demanding materials and applications.
Speed only matters when the process can use it. Faster rapids, acceleration, spindle performance, and motion control help most when they reduce wasted movement without creating new quality problems. Makino focuses on controlled speed that supports throughput, not speed for the sake of a spec sheet.
For many shops, flexibility is the difference between accepting more work and being boxed in by setup time, part mix, or machine limits. Makino supports flexible production through 5-axis platforms, pallet systems, automation-ready designs, and repeatable machines.
Capacity is more than machine size. It can mean the right work envelope, enough tools, more pallets, or the ability to stage work before the operator is available. Makino capacity solutions are built around helping shops make more productive use of labor, machines, floor space, and available hours.
The best process decisions come from better visibility. Makino control platforms, motion software, monitoring tools, and cell control technologies help operators and managers understand what is happening, protect the process, and respond before small issues become lost production time.
Automation is not only about running unattended. It is about making more of the hours already available. Makino automation, pallet systems, and cell control technologies help convert idle time into spindle time while giving shops a more structured path toward higher utilization.
Surface finish affects more than appearance. It can influence handwork, inspection, assembly, lead time, and customer acceptance. Makino supports finish quality through spindle performance, EDM capability, thermal stability, motion control, and process knowledge aimed at reducing downstream effort.
Support matters most when production cannot wait. Parts, service, training, spindle resources, application knowledge, and technical support all influence how quickly a shop can recover, improve, or keep moving. Makino support is built around protecting uptime after the machine is installed, and the all-new myMakino platform helps streamline support by providing fast access to resources, service information, training, and tools that keep operations running efficiently.
