More complex components, more demanding materials, increasing variety, and fewer available skilled workers: The demands on modern machining are growing. LMT Tools responds with a strategic realignment. Under the guiding principle 'Machining Success. Simplified.' the company will bundle its technological strengths, the expertise of its specialists, and the competencies of its brands even more consistently in the future. The central question is: How can more be achieved from a manufacturing process without making it more complicated?
Industrial manufacturing is changing. High-strength steels, aluminum, lightweight and composite materials present new demands on tools and machining strategies. At the same time, the variety is increasing. Where large quantities were often produced with largely standardized processes in the past, manufacturing today must represent different components, materials, and batch sizes. Additionally, shorter development cycles, globally connected supply chains, and an increasing shortage of skilled workers add to the complexity for manufacturing companies.
This is exactly where the new strategy of LMT Tools comes into play. The guiding idea 'Machining Success. Simplified.' describes how the company intends to align its competencies even more consistently with the manufacturing goals of its customers in the future. This starts with the selection of the appropriate tool and extends through customer-specific solutions and optimized machining strategies to support during production start-up and continuous process optimization.
For the customer, this means:
• simpler machining processes
• higher process reliability
• lower costs per component
• tailored tools and machining solutions
• access to bundled technical expertise
Three brands connect their expertise
A key component of the new strategy is the three brands LMT Fette, LMT Kieninger, and LMT Onsrud. They represent different technological competencies and markets and form a complementary portfolio. In the future, these competencies are to work together even more strongly. Specialists from the various competence centers and brands will jointly contribute their knowledge to specific customer tasks. Thus, LMT Tools combines international presence with local access to technical expertise.
Innovation follows application
For the R&D teams at LMT Tools, the specific application case is at the forefront. New tool concepts, geometries, and technologies focus on improving a machining process. At the same time, LMT Tools is expanding its application expertise and further developing customer-specific solutions. The company aims to generate growth by strategically strengthening its technological core competencies, core products, and attractive applications, and by unlocking additional potentials through collaboration among the brands.
'For our customers, our new strategy results in reduced effort in mastering complex machining tasks,' summarizes Oliver Thomas, Managing Director of the LMT Tools Group. 'Specifically, this means: a single point of contact, bundled expertise, and solutions that are precisely tailored to the respective application.'
Contact:
