Bilz Forms Alliance with Boehlerit GmbH
April 1, 2015
Bilz Tool Company, Inc., a Leitz Group Company, has announced its alliance with Boehlerit GmbH, a Leitz Group Company located in Kapfenberg, Austria. Under the new alliance, Bilz Tool Company, Inc., has hired Tim Slatina as its National Segment Manager, Heavy Duty Machining for Boehlerit USA.
"The Boehlerit Company offers high-quality products for the crankshaft machining, tube manufacturing, steel bar processing, railway products and heavy machining industries," said a company spokesperson. "Boehlerit is one of Europe's major carbide products producing companies. It has been producing carbides and special tools for the steel mill industry since 1932. Boehlerit's total commitment stands to the one hand for innovation, permanent qualitative development and application knowledge, and on the other hand for its long tradition in the steel industry mills."
Following its incorporation into the Leitz Group in 1991, Boehlerit established itself as the cutting materials competence center, according to the company. "This extensive experience and concentrated application knowledge is the core of services and products," said the spokesperson. "As a main focus in steel mill industry applications, Boehlerit extended its tool program for bar peeling with bar peeling heads, cartridges, indexable inserts and engineering performance. Boehlerit has also taken this application knowledge and successfully applied it to crankshaft milling applications for the gasoline and diesel engine manufacturing industry.
"Boehlerit's advantage of having the flexibility that comes from a medium-sized company allows it to develop products for specific applications utilizing its standard product offering. This allows Boehlerit to develop special solutions with a quick and economical response."
For more information contact:
Tim Fara
Managing Director
Bilz Tool Company, Inc.
1140 N. Main Street
Lombard, IL 60148
847-734-9390
info@bilzusa.com
www.bilzusa.com
www.boehlerit.com
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