TAI will serve as the representative for PDS' spindle repair services to its customers. PDS products include new and rebuilt CNC spindles, Spindle Health Monitoring Systems (SHMS), and accessories such as aggregates, variable frequency drives, heat exchangers, tool changers, precision digital stroke gauges, and tool presetters.

BESSEMER CITY, NC — Precision Drive Systems (PDS), a global solution provider of precision motor spindles, spindle repair services, and expert engineering and support, headquartered in Charlotte, NC, has announced an agreement with Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. (TAI) to serve as a distributor of PDS' spindle products, spindle repair services, and CNC accessories. TAI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, the general trading company of the Toyota Group with expertise in global supply chain and logistics.

"This will be a mutually beneficial collaboration while achieving complete customer satisfaction," said Robert Turk, President PDS. "PDS is excited to add a substantial sales team like TAI to assist us in selling our precisely manufactured products to a wider customer base."

"We are pleased to team up with PDS to provide precision high-speed spindle repairs and service while adding new expertise that is capable of reducing downtime and improving our customers' operations," said John Blakemore, General Manager, TAI. "This new collaboration with PDS strengthens the range of services TAI currently offers, and will bring added value to our customers throughout North America.

TAI will serve as the representative for PDS' spindle repair services to its customers. PDS products include new and rebuilt CNC spindles, Spindle Health Monitoring Systems (SHMS), and accessories such as aggregates, variable frequency drives, heat exchangers, tool changers, precision digital stroke gauges, and tool presetters.

PDS actively recruits interested independent maintenance and repair (MROs) or distributors to join its Partner program. Those interested in becoming a PDS can request more details on the PDS website, https://spindlerepair.com/partners.


About Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.

For more than 60 years in the U.S., Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. ("TAI"), and its subsidiaries and affiliates, have created value through its creative, can-do approach to solving business and societal challenges. Leaders in exporting and importing, supply chain management, new manufacturing, intermediate goods processing, and logistics in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean, TAI's North American team of more than 7,000 are proven experts in making it happen. Learn more by visiting www.taimerica.com.

About Precision Drive Systems
Since 1996, PDS has been the global leader in providing new spindles, design and engineering, customer support, and repairs for spindle applications in fabricating metal, wood, plastics, stone, marble, glass, and robotics manufacturing industries. The PDS corporate office is located near Charlotte in Bessemer City, NC. The PDS repair facility in Herford, Germany provides European customers with local service, with affiliated offices located worldwide. For more information, visit www.SpindleRepair.com or call 704-922-1206.