Technical center
BIG Daishowa, headquartered in Osaka, Japan, is one of the leading producers of tool holders for the machining industry. Each year the company produces over half a million collet chucks. Their products are developed using, among other resources, Kistler’s cutting force measuring device.
More than 500 machine tools as well as some 300 robots and automated systems — these are the figures for BIG Daishowa’s production capacity. The family-owned company was founded in 1967 and employs close to 900 employees worldwide. In Europe and North America the company is known through its subsidiary, BIG KAISER. The core competence of BIG Daishowa: high-quality tool holders for cutting with a machining run-out of max. 0.001 mm. Aside from various types of tool holders like collet chucks, hydraulic chucks, milling chucks and tapping holders, their selection encompasses angle heads, measuring devices and cutting tools.