An Abridge Report Of Iscar Across The Years


From humble beginnings Iscar is at this time one of the world's foremost builders of cutting tools. Stef Wertheimer started Iscar in 1952 in his garage. After numerous year and numerous expansions Iscar moved to it's current local in the Tefen Industrial Zone located in Israel's Western Galilee. Since it's beginning Iscar has elevated from a sole market to having representation in over 50 countries world wide.

Iscar's state of the art facility utilizes complex and thoroughly automatic CNC milling & turning machines to construct tooling round the clock. The configuration of the facility allows for flexibility in the manufacturing procedure. Within a matter of hours a dissimilar product can be put into production. Automation has been a key point to the achievements of Iscar. The plant uses pick and place robots as well as Automatic Guided Vehicles that are remotely controlled by a central production computer, products are transported about the facility in this manner.

Iscar strives to be a leader in the cutting tool industry. Every year Iscar uses about 10% of it's total resources to research and development. Iscar believes that deviation is a way of living. Every day new changes are made by all levels of workers. Research and development isn't reserved to simply tooling. Iscar is constantly looking for brand new, more practical and increased cost effective ways of creating things. These innovations have allowed Iscar to develop into one of the fastest growing companies in the industry. The successes of Iscar hinge on these innovations. They strive to assemble the most productive metal cutting technologies in the marketplace. Leading the way is their hard laboring faculty who fabricate more efficient, operative and economical products.

In 2006 Iscar turned a brand new page. Berkshire Hathaway, an notably large holding firm, advised by Warren Buffett purchased an 80% share of the IMC group, Iscar being it's largest part. Iscar is the first enterprise from outside the US that Berkshire Hathaway has acquired.