The 10 Best Machine Tool Manufacturers & Brands in China for 2023

Top Machine Tool Manufacturers

1. SMTCL

SMTCL

Country: China

Founded: 1933

About the company:

Shenyang Machine Tool Co., Ltd. is a joint-stock enterprise established in May 1993 and approved by the Shenyang Economic System Reform Commission (document No. 199231). The company was created through the joint efforts of Shenyang No. 1 Machine Tool Factory, Zoje Friendship Factory, Shenyang No. 3 Machine Tool Factory, and Liaoning Precision Instrument Factory.

In July 1996, with the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (ZJFSZ No. 1996112), the company publicly issued 54 million yuan worth of common shares, bringing the total capital stock of the company to 215823518 yuan. The company was then listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange under the stock code 000410.

Shenyang Machine Tool Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Shenyang Machine Tool (Group) Co., Ltd. Since 2010, the company has focused on improving product quality through the use of new technologies and materials.

For example, the CNC turret branch successfully replaced the ZQSn6-6-3 copper alloy with the microcrystalline alloy LZA4205 worm gear special material, which improved the quality of CNC turret products while controlling costs, thereby enhancing the competitiveness of Shenyang Machine Tool Co., Ltd.

The Shenyang CNC Machine Tool Industrial Park has now been relocated and undergone professional restructuring.

It comprises nine complete machine enterprises, including Shenyang First Machine Tool Factory, Zoje Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Shenyi Lathe Factory, Zoje Drilling Lock Machine Factory, Shenyi Heath CNC Machine Tool Business Unit, Zoje Vertical Machining Center Business Unit, Complete Equipment Co., Ltd., Laser Technology Business Unit, and FIDIC CNC Machine Tool Co., Ltd.

Through professional restructuring, business process reengineering, and information construction, Shenyang CNC Machine Tool Industrial Park aims to become a modern, globally recognized single CNC machine tool manufacturing base.

2. QCMTT

Country: China

Founded: 1965 

About the company:

Qinchuan Machine Tool Group Co., Ltd. (referred to as “Qinchuan Group”) encompasses a number of subsidiary companies, including Qinchuan Machine Tool Headquarters, Baoji Machine Tool, Hanjiang Machine Tool, Hanjiang Tools, and Walker Gear.

Qinchuan Group is China’s leading R&D and manufacturing base for precision CNC machine tools and complex tools, and a backbone enterprise in China’s machine tool industry. With a comprehensive industrial chain, multiple product lines, strong system integration capabilities, and a significant competitive advantage, Qinchuan Group is considered one of the world’s renowned machine tool enterprise groups.

As a national high-tech and innovative pilot enterprise, the Group has established a National Enterprise Technology Center, an academician expert workstation, and a postdoctoral research workstation. As of the end of 2020, the company has a registered capital of 693 million yuan, total assets of 9.218 billion yuan, and 10176 employees.

Qinchuan Group has set its development strategy and the “5221” development goal of “adhering to the host-driven approach, building strong support for high-end manufacturing and core components, breaking through the key technologies of intelligent manufacturing and numerical control, and taking the initiative to undertake major national special research and development tasks.

The company is dedicated to becoming a leading enterprise in China’s high-end equipment manufacturing industry.

3. Jier

Country: China

Founded: 1937

About the company:

Jier Machine Tool Group Co., Ltd. was founded in 1937 and covers an area of 1.23 million square meters, with over 5000 employees. In 1953 and 1955, the company developed the first gantry bed and the first mechanical press in China, earning the titles of “hometown of gantry creation” and “cradle of mechanical press.”

Throughout various periods of national economic construction, the company has developed over 600 national first products, providing equipment support for various industries across the country.

Jier Machine Tool is a manufacturing base for forging equipment and heavy metal cutting machine tools, producing forging equipment, CNC metal cutting machine tools, automation equipment, casting machinery, CNC cutting equipment, and more.

These products are widely used in industries such as automobiles, aerospace, rail transit, energy, shipping, metallurgy, mold, engineering machinery, and more, and are exported to 67 countries and regions worldwide.

4. BYJC

Country: China

Founded: 1949

About the company:

Beijing Beiyi Machine Tool Co., Ltd. (referred to as “Beiyi Machine Tool”) is a state-owned provider of CNC machine tool intelligence and integrated manufacturing and services. Currently, the company is headquartered in Shunyi Park of Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park and has 13 subsidiaries, including two wholly-owned overseas subsidiaries, Wadrich Coburg Machine Tool Company in Germany and C. B Ferrari Company in Italy.

Adhering to the enterprise spirit of “excellent manufacturing and pursuit of excellence” since the establishment of the Republic, Beiyi Machine Tool has consistently relied on technological innovation as a driving force for the company’s sustainable development.

The company is home to a “National Recognized Enterprise Technology Center” and a testing and calibration laboratory recognized by CNAS Laboratories, and has won several national major scientific and technological projects for “high-end CNC machine tools and basic manufacturing equipment” in recent years.

Beiyi Machine Tool’s main products include heavy and super heavy gantry milling machines, heavy vertical lathes, heavy floor boring and milling machines, CNC inverted lathes, turning and milling composite machines, grinders, machining centers, automatic production lines, functional parts, and more, with the capability to provide complete equipment and processes to users.

The company’s users span industries such as ships, power generation equipment, metallurgy, rail transit, automobiles, molds, and general machinery.

With a commitment to putting user service in a prominent position, Beiyi Machine Tool is dedicated to the transformation and upgrading of the machine tool industry, becoming a globally competitive machine tool manufacturing and service supplier, and serving as a backbone in the realization of “Made in China 2025”.

The company’s mission is to be the “technologist of users and the backbone of the equipment industry.”

5. WZ

Country: China

Founded: 1952

Products: Heavy and super heavy vertical lathes, horizontal lathes, floor milling mirror machines, gantry lock milling machines, gear hobbing machines, rotary tables, shield machines, roller drills, railway equipment and various special machinery and equipment

About the company:

Wuhan WZ Machine Tool Group Co., Ltd. (referred to as “the Company”) is a subsidiary of China North Industries Group Co., Ltd., and was one of 156 key projects during the “First Five Year Plan” period in China’s Ordnance Industry Group. It is a large backbone enterprise producing heavy and super heavy machine tools with a full range of specifications.

In 2011, the company became a subsidiary of China North Industries Group Co., Ltd. The company is currently the rotating chairman of the China Machine Tool Industry Association, the chairman of the WZ Machine Tool Branch, and the chairman of the WZ Machine Tool Standardization Committee. It also serves as an affiliated unit of the Secretariat.

The company has more than 3000 employees and over 600 engineering technicians, including 7 national experts, 11 provincial and municipal experts, 1 chief scientist of weaponry, and 2 scientific and technological leaders.

Through relocation and transformation efforts, the company has become a research and development base for CNC heavy and super heavy machine tools with leading domestic processing equipment capacity, complete functions, and strong comprehensive manufacturing strength.

It serves as a first-class international processing cooperation base in central China and has established a national enterprise technology center, national technology innovation demonstration enterprise, national postdoctoral research workstation, and national strategic alliance for technological innovation in the high-end heavy machine tool industry, among other national or industrial innovation platforms.

The company has 8 subsidiaries, including WZ Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Wuhan Shanfu Heavy Machine Tool Co., Ltd., WZ Machining Co., Ltd., WZ Metal Structure Engineering Technology Co., Ltd., WZ Equipment Remanufacturing Engineering Co., Ltd., WZ Mining Machinery Co., Ltd., and an Asset Management Company.

All products of the company have realized numerical control and compound functions, and the company can provide machine tool overhaul and transformation, equipment remanufacturing, machining services, and various castings and metal structure products to customers.

To date, over 20000 sets of machine tools developed by the company have served industries such as energy, transportation, metallurgy, machinery, and railway, and have been exported to more than 40 countries and regions.

In recent years, the company has been involved in the development and completion of one national “863” plan project, nine national science and technology major projects, two national debt projects, and over 10 provincial and municipal scientific research projects.

As a result, they have produced a batch of domestically developed high-end CNC machine tools with independent intellectual property rights. These tools have met the processing needs of national major projects and greatly improved the level of China’s equipment manufacturing industry.

The company’s new products have received several awards, including:

  • The DL250 super heavy numerical control horizontal boring lathe was one of the top ten landmark products of major special projects during the “11th Five Year Plan” period of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China, and received the awards for major scientific and technological innovation of the Ordnance Group in 2012.
  • The national 863 project CKX5680 CNC seven axis five link motor car milling compound machining machine tool won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and the first prize of the Science and Technology Award of China’s machinery industry in 2012.
  • XKD2755 × 570 CNC fixed beam double gantry mobile boring and milling machine won the first prize of the Hubei Science and Technology Progress Award.
  • The super heavy CNC horizontal boring lathe won the “Twelfth Five Year Plan” Award for Major Scientific and Technological Achievements in the Mechanical Industry.

The company has organized the creation and revision of 36 heavy machine tool standards and has been involved in the approval of 47 national and industrial standards. They have obtained over 120 national patents.

The company has also received several honorable titles, such as the national “2017 service-oriented manufacturing demonstration enterprise”, the national “demonstration benchmark enterprise for the integration of machine tool industry and industrialization”, the first demonstration unit of China’s industrial major technical equipment, “intelligent manufacturing demonstration enterprise”, “innovative enterprise”, “high-tech enterprise”, and the Wuhan Mayor’s Quality Award.

6. Yawei

Country: China

Founded: 1956

About the company:

Jiangsu Yawei Machine Tool Co., Ltd. was founded in 1956. Over the past 60 years, it has grown into one of the foremost enterprises in the domestic sheet metal forming machine tool industry.

The company has developed, manufactured, and marketed intelligent automation products, such as CNC turret punches, CNC bending machines, CNC laser cutting machines, metal plate processing automation systems, metal coil processing automation production lines, linear and horizontal multi-joint robots, and more. In March 2011, the company was successfully listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

Currently, the company employs over 1300 people and possesses total assets of 2.2 billion yuan, with net assets of 1.6 billion yuan.

The company adheres to the strategy of leading technology and brand development, and has set up a national postdoctoral research workstation. It is a high-tech enterprise of the national Torch Plan and has established a provincial technology center.

It employs nearly 300 personnel engaged in research and development of technological innovation products. Additionally, the company has successfully undertaken and completed several national and provincial scientific and technological breakthrough and scientific and technological achievements transformation projects.

The company’s products and services are positioned in both domestic and foreign customer markets. Over the years, their leading technical performance, high-quality physical quality, and effective integrated marketing service system have won the favor of customers both domestically and internationally.

In keeping with the trend of a new round of industrial revolution led by intelligent manufacturing, the company plans to accelerate the pace of enterprise transformation and upgrading. The goal is to improve quality and efficiency while continuing to innovate and upgrade.

Yawei will incorporate the development concept of world-class enterprises and cultivate core competitiveness and corporate culture with its unique characteristics. The company strives to build itself into an international, first-class mechanical equipment and solution service provider.

7. QIQIHAR Heavy

Country: China

Founded: 1950

Products: Vertical and horizontal heavy machine tools are mainly used, and heavy deep hole drilling mirror machine, railway lathe, roll lathe, crankshaft lathe, floor milling mirror machine, vertical grinder, vertical gear milling machine, gear hobbing machine are also available

About the company:

Qizhong CNC Equipment Co., Ltd., formerly known as Qiqihar No.1 Machine Tool Factory, was founded in 1950 and has since become a large-scale backbone enterprise and industry leader in China’s machine tool industry.

Many of the company’s products have reached the domestic leading and world-advanced levels. Qizhong CNC Equipment Co., Ltd. possesses domestic leading technology innovation abilities and strong brand influence.

With a large technical force, excellent research equipment, a technical center, and a dedicated research and development team, the company adheres to the business philosophy of “lean manufacturing, win by quality.” It pursues the goal of producing “domestic first-class, international advanced” products, exceeding user needs, continuously improving product quality, enhancing the domestic sales and service network, and strengthening the whole process service. The company works as a technologist for users and provides them with integrated solutions, achieving mutual benefit and win-win results.

The company considers technological innovation as the driving force for sustainable development and is committed to upgrading its products to world-class level. On average, 25 new products are launched every year to enhance the core competitiveness and market influence of the enterprise.

Qizhong CNC Equipment Co., Ltd. insists on taking the development of equipment manufacturing as an opportunity and continues to drive technological innovation, intelligent transformation, and green development.

The company changes the traditional manufacturing mode and upgrades to intellectualization and service. This results in the intellectualization of machine tools, remote service, and manufacturing informatization. Furthermore, the company provides users with China’s leading and world-advanced intelligent manufacturing equipment.

The company will continue to implement the “Three Ones” development strategy, which means that one-third of its products will reach the international high-end, one-third of its products will be good at domestic existing products, and one-third of its products will be good at remanufacturing services. This will promote the enterprise to achieve new strategic development goals.

8. QIQIHAR NO.2

Country: China

Founded: 1950

Products: Heavy CNC floor milling and boring machines, CNC vertical and horizontal lathes, mechanical presses, CNC special machine tools and other machine tool products, as well as industrial service products such as machine tool overhaul and transformation, equipment remanufacturing, machining, and technical consulting

About the company:

General Technology Qiqihar No.2 Machine Tool Co., Ltd. (formerly Qiqihar No.2 Machine Tool Factory) relocated from Shenyang to the north in October 1950. In July 2008, it became a part of China General Technology (Group) Holding Co., Ltd.

During its 70 years of development, the company has successfully developed various heavy and super-heavy CNC machine tools and large complete sets of forging equipment, including CNC milling machines, automatic coolers, heavy floor milling mirror machines, CNC multi-link press production lines, CNC milling support processing centers, wide aluminum production lines, large composite cylinder member tape laying machines, CNC multi-station presses, and large box circumferential seam assembly and welding systems.

It has now become one of the backbone enterprises that produce heavy and super-heavy CNC machine tools and large complete sets of forging equipment in China. The company’s heavy products are divided into four categories: metal cutting machine tools, metal forming machine tools, special equipment, and technical services.

The company’s products mainly serve national key industries such as civil aviation, civil shipbuilding, automobile, metallurgy, rail transit, and others. It has provided more than 2000 sets of major equipment for dozens of domestic key enterprises, making important contributions to the construction of national basic industries.

9. BOOHI

Country: China

Founded: 2007

About the company:

BOOHI Machine Tool Group is a Chinese company focused on creating high-quality CNC machine tools using innovative manufacturing techniques. The company’s management mode is based on “intelligent guidance, double wheel drive, ingenious manufacturing and serving the world.”

BOOHI has 12 subsidiaries with a total asset of 2 billion yuan and employs around 3500 people. The company’s annual output is around 20,000 machine tools, generating an income of 3 billion yuan, with an additional main business income of 30 million dollars from exports. The company is a leading player in China’s machine tool industry.

Innovation is at the heart of the company’s success, and they have established a complete R&D, manufacturing and production system, offering a range of intelligent machine tools, flexible processing units, intelligent manufacturing units and automatic production lines. These products are used in industries such as automotive, aerospace, engineering machinery, agricultural machinery, and vocational colleges.

BOOHI has undertaken over 30 national major projects and “brain replacement projects.” The company has five major marketing service centers worldwide, and it has become an equipment supplier guiding the intelligent development of upstream and downstream supply chains in the industry.

The company relies on the Shaanxi Branch of the National Research Center for Numerical Control System Engineering Technology to carry out the secondary development of numerical control systems and robots. They are committed to the research and development of intelligent equipment solutions and joint research and development of a new generation of intelligent machine tools.

BOOHI has created an intelligent production line of domestic CNC machine tools and robot auto parts that are used in key auto parts manufacturing. They also integrate advanced manufacturing technology, big data, and cloud platforms to accelerate the transformation of intelligent manufacturing mode, aiming to build a “digital factory” by 2024.

The company focuses on the “strategy of strengthening the enterprise with talents and implementing the project of improving the quality of highly skilled talents.” They have created five levels of upgrading channels for skilled talents, creating a multi-level craftsman team and “mass entrepreneurship and innovation” team with highly skilled talents as the core. They also have professional and technical experts as the backbone, and young skilled talents as the backbone.

10. CHMTI

Country: China

Founded1940

About the company:

The predecessor of Chongqing Machine Tool Group was founded in 1940 as the Huaxi Branch of China Automobile Corporation. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, it developed into a 201 factory under the Ministry of Industry in Southwest China. In the 1950s, it was designated by the state as one of the 18 machine tool manufacturers in China, specializing in manufacturing gear processing machine tools. In 1963, it was renamed as the Chongqing Machine Tool Factory.

The factory successfully produced China’s first gear hobbing machine, gear shaving machine, gear shaper, and worm gear master machine, which were the foundation of China’s gear manufacturing equipment.

After integrating the former Chongqing No.2 Machine Tool Factory and Chongqing Tool Factory in 2005, the enterprise established the Chongqing Machine Tool Group. In 2014, the group moved to Chongqing Economic and Technological Development Zone (Nanping Tea Garden).

After years of transformation and upgrading, the group has formed an enterprise that covers gear processing machine tools, intelligent manufacturing, lathes and machining centers, complex cutters, precision screws, agricultural equipment and services, auto parts, and other fields. The group remains a leading enterprise in China’s gear machine tool industry with superior domestic market share of its leading products.

Chongqing Machine Tool Group is committed to technological innovation and improving core competitiveness. The group has established an enterprise technology center, post-doctoral research workstation, academician expert workstation, European Machine Tool Research and Development Center, and more. It is a national high-tech enterprise and has obtained over 500 national patents.

The group centers on the market and the equipment manufacturing industry, serving as an excellent supplier of complete sets of process equipment and a provider of process solution services for users. Its products are widely used in various fields, such as automobiles, ships, aerospace, engineering machinery, oil fields, and mines, wind power generation, etc., and continue to develop toward precision, green, and intelligent manufacturing.

Chongqing Machine Tool Group aims to equip China and serve the world, build a century-old enterprise, and create a world-class enterprise. The group is committed to building a domestic enterprise with high intelligent equipment advantages, promoting intelligent products and manufacturing, and building an intelligent manufacturing model enterprise.

It will vigorously develop the four major industrial sectors of machine tools, precision machining and manufacturing, green equipment, and industrial services, fulfill the national mission, and work hard for the development of China’s equipment manufacturing industry.

Factors to Consider When Choosing a Machine Tool Manufacturer in China

When looking for a machine tool manufacturer in China, there are several factors to consider. As someone who has researched and purchased machine tools from China, I have found that the following factors are important to consider:

Quality and Reliability

When it comes to machine tools, quality and reliability are of utmost importance. You want to make sure that the machine tool you purchase will perform as expected and last for a long time. When choosing a manufacturer, it’s important to look at their track record of producing high-quality and reliable machine tools. You can do this by researching the manufacturer’s history, reading customer reviews, and looking at their certifications and awards.

Cost and Pricing

Cost and pricing are also important factors to consider when choosing a machine tool manufacturer in China. While you want to get a good deal, it’s important to remember that the cheapest option may not always be the best option. When comparing prices, make sure to consider the quality and reliability of the machine tool, as well as the manufacturer’s reputation and customer service.

Technology and Innovation

Technology and innovation are important factors to consider, especially if you’re looking for a machine tool with advanced features. When choosing a manufacturer, look at their research and development capabilities, as well as their investment in new technologies. This will give you an idea of how innovative they are and whether they’re likely to produce machine tools that meet your needs.

Customer Service and Support

Finally, customer service and support are important factors to consider when choosing a machine tool manufacturer in China. You want to make sure that you can get help when you need it, whether it’s with installation, maintenance, or repairs. Look for a manufacturer that offers good customer service and support, such as a warranty, technical support, and training.

In summary, when choosing a machine tool manufacturer in China, it’s important to consider factors such as quality and reliability, cost and pricing, technology and innovation, and customer service and support. By doing your research and considering these factors, you can find a manufacturer that produces high-quality and reliable machine tools that meet your needs.

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Shane

Founder of MachineMFG

As the founder of MachineMFG, I have dedicated over a decade of my career to the metalworking industry. My extensive experience has allowed me to become an expert in the fields of sheet metal fabrication, machining, mechanical engineering, and machine tools for metals. I am constantly thinking, reading, and writing about these subjects, constantly striving to stay at the forefront of my field. Let my knowledge and expertise be an asset to your business.

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