Kitamura Wins Machine Design Award

Kitamura Machinery, the premier manufacturer of precision horizontal, vertical and 5-axis machining centers has been selected to receive the 2012 Good Design Award from the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP) for its G-Series line of machining centers, according to a company press release.

Good Design Awards is a comprehensive program for the evaluation and encouragement of design organized by the JDP and has been given to outstanding designs for more than 50 years in the pursuit of prosperous lives and industrial development. Good Design Award winning items are promoted via the “G Mark” as a trustworthy symbol which connects industry and everyday life and is recognized by consumers as representing products with “high quality and usability”.

“We are honored to receive this award,” says Dr. Akihiro Kitamura, Ph.D., the company’s president. “It is a statement of our dedication in design and manufacture within the industry and our commitment in understanding the role that design plays in society. With our new G-Series machining centers we have established a new brand identity focusing on ultra-high precision techniques requiring micron accuracies. The Smart Design concept utilizes advanced materials along with symbolically representing the material beauty in machine design while at the same time incorporating energy and space saving concepts”.

The Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP) is a public interest incorporated foundation located in Tokyo, Japan. Every year the JDP presents Good Design Awards to companies judged to bring richness to people’s lives, industry and the society by bringing attention to excellent design.