Published 8/25/2022

MachineTech Named Exclusive Distributor of Hurco CNC Machines

MachineTech leverages experiences in productive, cost-effective machining solutions to distribute Hurco’s products in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and parts of West Virginia.

Edited by: Grace Nehls

Senior Managing Editor, CompositesWorld

Several of the MachineTech team visited Hurco for factory training. (Pictured left to right): Alex Smith, Rick Smith, Blake English, Chris Marino, Eric Peper. Photo Credit: Hurco

Hurco announced that MachineTech will serve as the exclusive distributor of Hurco CNC machines in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and parts of West Virginia.

According to Cory Miller, general manager of Hurco North America, “I know our customers are in good hands with the team at MachineTech. Hurco is fortunate to have a great network of experienced distributors who understand that service after the sale is the primary component to long-term success. MachineTech epitomizes this partnership philosophy that has allowed them to grow extensively throughout the Carolinas and Virginia.”

With 40 years of experience, Rick Smith, founder of MachineTech, has built a family owned business that is known for working closely with customers to provide productive, cost-effective machining solutions. The company’s sales and engineering support teams are experienced with all aspects of CNC milling, turning and five-axis, Hurco says.

“The entire team is proud to represent Hurco. Our training at their Indianapolis facility further solidified how Hurco’s control technology helps shops succeed. The flexibility of the control, with NC programming and conversational programming, in addition to a unique feature called NC/Conversational Merge, makes high-mix manufacturing more productive and more profitable,” notes Smith. “In today’s labor market, ease of use is more important than ever — and as the inventor of conversational programming, Hurco continuously focuses on making sure their control is easy to learn and easy to use.”

The Hurco philosophy of having one control across their entire product line of 70 different machines is another advantage that promotes growth and minimizes confusion, according to Smith. Whether a customer buys a 20 x 16 VM10i mill or a 3-meter DCXi double column machine, he says they can count on the same powerful control technology that has a straightforward user interface and robust control specifications, such as 10,000 block look ahead and a 128 GB solid state hard drive.