Company
Soraluce Setting new standards in milling, boring & turning
Inspired by innovation and with experience based on 55 years of history, Soraluce is a worldwide leader in milling, boring and turning technologies.
Soraluce is part of Danobatgroup, the Machine Tool division of Mondragon Corporation, one of the most important European holding companies.
Soraluce’s success is based on excellent quality, a stellar service, its own cutting-edge and differentiated technology and a marked international character. As a brand distinguished by its great reliability and high performance, Soraluce develops innovative solutions committed to the technological progress of its clients, responding to the most demanding machining challenges with efficiency and high levels of productivity, setting new standards in milling, boring and turning.
Soraluce offers a wide range of milling, boring and vertical turning machines, multitasking solutions and automated systems with professional advice in machining engineering with a team of highly experienced engineers who evaluate our clients’ production and machining processes and provide solutions to optimise them.
Innovation is at the forefront of what Soraluce does and many of the technologies that drive the machine tool sector are pioneered by Soraluce, such as DAS systems (Dynamics Active Stabiliser), Modular Quill or Ram Balance Systems, all patented.
History
- Foundation of Soraluce
- Manufacturing of radial drilling machines
- 1966>>1988 Manufacturing of special machines and transfer machines
- 1975>>1990 Manufacturing of boring machines
- 1981>>1995 Manufacturing of machining centres
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Constitution of Danobatgroup
- Foundation of our research centre
- First SORALUCE milling machine is manufactured: bed type milling machine SORA with automatic stepless head
- Foundation of Bimatec Soraluce (Germany)
- Constitution of MONDRAGON Corporation
- First in-house exhibition in Bimatec Soraluce (Germany)
- First SORALUCE FS floor type milling machine is manufactured
- New building with demonstration centre in Bimatec Soraluce (Germany)
- Soraluce exhibits at Metav for the first time
- First SORALUCE FR floor type milling machine is manufactured
- Soraluce exhibits at EMO for the first time
- Extension of Bimatec Soraluce (Germany) facilities with service, spare parts and training centres
- Danobatgroup China is founded
- First SORALUCE SL fixed table travelling column milling machine is manufactured
- First machine with horizontal RAM with linear guiding technology in the world
- Soraluce develops the first machine with automatic head changing system
- Soraluce manufactures the first orthogonal head
- Soraluce Italia is founded
- Manufacturing of first SORALUCE TA-A bed type milling machine
- Manufacturing of first portal gantry machine
- New Soraluce head range with air/oil cooling system
- New SORALUCE stepless head range
- First SORALUCE FX big dimension floor type milling boring machine
- Inauguration of Soraluce Plant 4 for the assembly of F-series floor type milling boring machines with up to 8 m of vertical travel
- Modular Quill is developed
- Ram Balance is developed
- Danobatgroup India is founded
- Inauguration of the new Bimatec Soraluce, Centre of Excellence (Germany)
- Soraluce launches the first multitasking SORALUCE FMT and the first SORALUCE FXR floor type milling boring machine
- Danobatgroup Russia is founded
- Soraluce supplies the biggest floor type milling boring machine FXR 64000 of its history for the machining of components for the biggest ship in the world
- DAS System (Dynamics Active Stabiliser) is developed
- Mr. Gauck, president of Germany, visits the Soraluce stand during EMO 2013
- Soraluce expands its range of vertical turning centres
- Soraluce installs the biggest automated production line of its history
- Manufacturing of the first horizontal boring machine SORALUCE KB for oil and gas components
- Soraluce´s new generation
- European Quality Innovation of the Year Award for the DAS System
- Best of Industry Award for the DAS System
- Red Dot Award for the SORALUCE FXR floor type milling boring machine
- Soraluce manufactures the PXG 19000 multitasking gantry machine
- Soraluce desarrolla un sistema de visión avanzado para el alineamiento de piezas en bruto de gran tamaño, Soraluce VSET
- Soraluce develops an advanced vision system for the alignment of large raw parts, Soraluce VSET
- Soraluce participates in the new Basque hub for the development and testing of advanced technologies for grinding, multitasking and industrial digitalization
- Soraluce presents Smart HMI, an intelligent interface that allows access to a world of applications and multiple new functions
- Soraluce launches the new DWS device, that eliminates the chatter which usually occurs when flexible parts are being machined
- Soraluce launches the new range of Soraluce portal machines and inaugurates the new Soraluce Portal Factory
- Soraluce VSET, system to measure and align raw parts, receives the Best of Industry Award
- Soraluce presents the a new model of multitasking machine, SORALUCE TR-M 35, with milling, turning and grinding capacity