[Show News] FATEK Launches a New Mill-turn Boring Machine

FEMCO group President Liu Yu-chen and his wife. Photo: Chuang Fu-an

● Heavy cutting, a high-load worktable, easy assembly and maintenance: built for a wide range of uses.

On the opening day of TIMTOS 2025, FATEK, part of the long-established FEMCO machine tool group, unveiled its latest large mill-turn boring machine, the BMC-135FTS, at booth I0306. Known for high load capacity, precision, torque and rigidity and easy maintenance, it drew crowds of potential buyers and stole the show.

With so many domestic and international buyers visiting, President Liu Yu-chen, his wife and senior managers personally welcomed every visitor at the booth and explained the company’s new products and latest developments.

Liu notes that horizontal boring mills are FEMCO’s signature machine tools, long dominant in the industry and regarded as Taiwan’s No. 1 brand. The BMC-135FTS shown this year starts from a modular concept and combines heavy cutting, a high-load worktable, and easy assembly and maintenance. Its offset facing head and spindle allow an extension sleeve for long-reach heavy cutting, reinforcing rigidity and preventing chatter. With combined milling and turning, it serves a wide range of industries, including petrochemicals, large pumps, and pipe and valve components for water and power grids.

Under the new Trump 2.0 policies, a 25% tariff on steel imports into the US has unsettled major steel-producing countries.

Liu points out that Taiwanese steel exports to the US were already subject to a 25% tariff before Trump returned to the White House. Extending the tariff to other major producers actually puts Taiwan on an equal footing, which is good for fair competition.

Because the FEMCO group exports steel products to the US, and Trump’s campaign promised to expand shale oil production, which calls for more machinery to process oil country tubular goods, FATEK’s horizontal boring mills also stand to benefit, making the group a beneficiary of Trump 2.0.

Source: Commercial Times

2025-03-04 · Commercial Times / Chuang Fu-an