
Kyocera's Cutting Tool Division is the market leader in Japan and a leading supplier of high-quality tooling solutions in North America. Kyocera manufactures a diversified product line of turning, milling and drilling products. Indexable inserts are manufactured to the highest quality standards in both Japan and the U.S.A and include coated and uncoated carbide, cermet, ceramic, CBN and PCD. Kyocera's continuous investment and focus on R&D has resulted in market beating products such as our innovative CVD coated CA55-series for steel and CA65-series for stainless steel, our high performance MEC endmills and facemills, our highly acclaimed MSR heavy cutter and most recently our new line of coated CBN, just to name a few.
Kyocera Corporation, the parent and global headquarters of the Kyocera Group, was founded in 1959 as a producer of advanced ceramics. By combining these engineered materials with metals and plastics, and integrating them with other technologies, Kyocera has become a leading supplier of telecommunications equipment, semiconductor packages, electronic components, laser printers, copiers, solar energy systems and industrial ceramics, carbide inserts and tooling. Kyocera began its cutting tool business in 1973 by applying the superior characteristics of fine ceramics, such as heat and wear resistance. The company offer inserts, which are one of its main products, under the "CERATIP" brand. During the year ended March 31, 2007, Kyocera Corporation's consolidated net sales totaled approximately US$10.8 billion.
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