SMOXH expands in-house production with heat treatment and new plant investment

SMOXH Cutting Tools has brought heat treatment in-house at its Konya plant and is planning more investment in machining, automation and R&D. The move is meant to tighten quality control, speed custom work and support the company’s 2026 product rollout at AMB Stuttgart.

Why it matters: - SMOXH’s shift to in-house heat treatment gives the Konya maker tighter control over hardness, geometry and consistency in tool bodies. - The change can reduce variation between production runs and cut delays tied to outside processing. - The company is pairing that operational move with new investment that could expand capacity and support custom tooling.

What happened: - SMOXH Cutting Tools commissioned an atmosphere-controlled heat treatment facility at its Konya plant in December 2024. - The company opened SmoxhShop, its online sales channel, in October 2025. - SMOXH will present its 2026 product programme at AMB Stuttgart from 15 to 19 September 2026 in Hall 1, Stand 1J86. - Europe and Other Countries together account for more than 60 percent of SMOXH export sales, according to the company.

The details: - Heat treatment sets the hardness, toughness and internal stress of steel tool bodies. - The regulated gas environment limits oxidation and decarburisation, which can soften the outer layer of a component. - On a boring bar, the outer layer is where the seat is machined. - SMOXH now runs the production chain at its Konya plant from steel bar through machining, heat treatment, grinding, assembly and inspection. - Catalogue items move through SmoxhShop, which includes dimensional data, downloadable datasheets and multilingual access. - Buyers in export markets can order online without opening a quotation cycle. - Custom tooling stays with SMOXH engineers, who design tools for specific operations. - SMOXH is directing further plant investment toward additional machining capacity, expanded production space, robotic handling and automation, and a dedicated R&D function for tool geometry and application development. - SMOXH says the company has more than 7,200 items in its 2026 general product catalogue across turning, milling, drilling, grooving, threading and boring. - SMOXH operates a 15,000-square-metre production facility with 120 personnel and exports to more than 40 countries. - The company was founded in 2004 and manufactures indexable cutting tools, tool holders and clamping equipment for CNC turning and milling machines. - SMOXH’s websites are the company website and the SmoxhShop online store. - The company’s social channels include LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.

Between the lines: - Bringing heat treatment, machining and grinding under one roof gives SMOXH a more controlled production flow than a split supply chain. - Robotic handling can reduce one of the most common sources of variation in tooling production. - The R&D investment suggests SMOXH wants to compete on application-specific engineering, not just catalogue breadth. - Moving routine orders online frees engineers to focus on custom work and operational problem-solving.

What's next: - SMOXH’s next visible milestone is AMB Stuttgart, where the company will show its 2026 range and meet customers directly. - The plant investment programme points to more capacity, more automation and more engineering support ahead. - The company is likely to keep pushing standard orders through SmoxhShop while reserving bespoke jobs for its engineering team.

The bottom line: - SMOXH is turning production control into a selling point, using in-house heat treatment, digital ordering and planned plant upgrades to back its standard and custom tooling business.