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Some Information about Fadal that we've found on the internet
History of Fadal:
Founding of Fadal 1961 > Francis and son's Adrian, Dave and Larry open job
shop in North Hollywood.
1966 > Surveyor's Lunar Landing Fadal's reputation of delivering quality
parts on time, and at a reasonable price spreads rapidly in Southern
California.
1972 > Retrofit Tool Changer Fadal's Automatic Tool Changer increases
productivity allowing their job shop to keep up with the demand for
aerospace part production, over 2,000 ATCs sold.
1978 > Fadal CNC 88 Proprietary Control Design for application on Fadal
Vertical Machining Centers allowing single source service.
1979 > VMC-45 First Fadal VMC, twenty-five of these 45 taper vertical
machining centers where sold for $100,000 before the Yen weakened.
1983 > VMC-40 Fadal domestic machine sales took off after this 10,000 rpm,
40 taper VMC was introduced at $50,000.
1986 > First International VMC Sale Fadal ceased accepting RFQs for Job Shop
work and begins expansion to serve domestic and global markets.
1989 > Shop Floor Programming Gibbs & Associates was contracted by Fadal to
develop the Fadal Visualizer CAM System for faster programming of parts.
1991 > COOL POWER Technology Thermal stability of VMCs for consistent
positioning repeatability.
1992 > VECTOR Drive Technology Intelligent spindle drive systems increase
cutting performance to decrease part cycle times.
1993 > Move to Chatsworth from North Hollywood New location was needed to
expand manufacturing efficiency & capacity.
1995 > Purchase of Fadal by Giddings & Lewis Positioned Fadal for continued
domestic and international growth.
1997 > Purchase of G&L by Thyssen (TPS) Faster expansion into European and
Asian markets.
1997 > Remanufacturing Division Opens in Chatsworth
1998 > Opening of Shanghai Fadal in China
1999 > Performance Series VMC 3020 Faster material removal rates, Faster
feed rates, Faster part cycle times, the VMC 3020 was the first Performance
Series VMC introduced.
2001 > 40th Year Anniversary - VMC 6535 Introduction Positioned for
continued growth Fadal celebrates it's 40th Year Anniversary while
introducing the third VMC of the highly successful Performance Series.