Tsurumi increases vertical range of manufacture

Tsurumi is building a new plant at its headquarters in Kyoto/Japan. It is the company’s seventh. The company is responding to changes in global supply chains that have occurred since Corona, characterised by fluctuations in parts availability and costs. Greater control over the manufacturing process and process quality are other motives.

  This is what the new Tsurumi plant will look like after completion in autumn 2024. It is being built at the headquarters in Kyoto
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In the first step, Tsurumi is investing around 70 million €. Production will initially concentrate on electric motors, the key element of every pump. The focus is on the powerful and sophisticated drives for the GPN series, a robust sand pump with a flow rate of up to 9000 l/min. For this and other series, cast parts are already being produced that were previously purchased. Partly a necessity: in Japan, of all countries, the number of foundries has declined by about 70 % in the last 20 years. On the other hand, Tsurumi is entering the technological frontier: 3D printers layer the moulds from many layers of sand, which increases precision compared to the conventional process. The new plant is scheduled to go into operation in autumn 2024.