Hard Bodies
Author: US Industry Today
Tool and die-maker Ogihara became its own best customer when it opened Ogihara America. Scott Koegler explains how the company uses its
die-making expertise to manufacture body panels for luxury automobiles in America.
Ogihara Japan is one of the world’s largest tool and die-makers, building more than 1,700 die sets every year. The techniques the company developed over the years gives it special insight into the stamping industry. When the opportunity to put that expertise into practice by actually using its own dies, Ogihara America was created. The American facility started by turning out body panels for a new line of Lincoln vehicles, and continues to supply the highest quality stampings in the industry to some of the most prestigious automakers in the world.
