Tornos USA

Tornos Technologies US Corporation, TTUS, was established in 1959 by Tornos SA to service and sell Tornos machines to its customers in the United States.  It was initially incorporated as American Bechler Corporation; then changed to Tornos Bechler US Corporation in 1976; and in 1993 became TTUS.

The TTUS headquarters is in Lombard, Illinois, situated 15 miles from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and 25 miles from Midway International Airport.  This prime address, in the heart of the Midwest logistics corridor, is centrally located on the continent and convenient to the largest concentration of Tornos US customers.  With our three TTUS Centers of Excellence, we can offer extended business hours (from 8am EST to 5pm PST) and deliver a higher level of service to customers in 3 time zones and all four corners of North America. 

We have dedicated the last five years to developing the best Swiss turn customer service in North America.  With our three Centers of Excellence we can guarantee faster delivery times; convenient showroom demos; and easy access to our sales, service, applications experts, and state-of-the-art training facilities. 

TTUS is responsible for the marketing, sales and service of Tornos single spindle turning systems, bar feeders, Almac milling machines, and ESCO by Tornos coil-fed turning centers in North America – including the United States and Canada.  In North America, Tornos is served by an experienced team of external machine tool sales distributor companies.

In terms of market segments, here in North America, Tornos has unparalleled expertise in the medical arena.  In fact, 70% of Tornos’ US business is in the medical parts sector.  We serve the world’s top medical parts manufacturers – Hammil Medical, Johnson & Johnson Dupuy, Medtronics, Nobel Biocare, Remmele, Smith & Nephew, Stryker, Zimmer, just to name a few.  TTUS is also strong in the areas of automotive parts manufacture in the Midwest (home to the Detroit Big Three: General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler; and in aerospace and electronics parts manufacture in Silicone Valley, California and the Southwest.