Mazak manufactures tools for metal-cutting and metal-forming machines. Products are used in agriculture, aerospace, automotive manufacturing, construction, energy, industrial contract manufacturing, and medicine. Mazak company operates eight manufacturing plants in China, Japan, Singapore, the UK, and US, turning out lathes, machining centers, milling centers, and dedicated manufacturing systems. Its technology centers, planted in North America, engineer and demonstrate product developments for improving customer production. Mazak offers training services plus parts and used machines. It is a subsidiary of Japanese machine tool maker Yamazaki Mazak, which was founded in 1919.