CAMPAT Expands into Florida

Sep 27, 2023 | MM Support

CAMPAT Machine Tool, Inc. Announces the Opening of a new FL Division and Facility in Clearwater, Florida

Plano, Texas – CAMPAT Machine Tool, Inc. a machine tool dealer and importer headquartered in Plano, TX has announced the grand opening of a new Florida Division and office in Clearwater, Florida. The new division opened January 1st, 2018 and is located at 13131 56th Court, Suite #301, Clearwater, FL, 33760. To expand sales and service of their machine tool lines in the Southeast region, Joe Tomalonis, CAMPAT’s President and founder, has appointed 12 year employee Andy Pennington to head up this new facility as Sales Manager of the Florida Division.

Pennington, with 30 years of experience in the machine tool business, understands what the possibilities are with the emergence of CAMPAT as a new Dealer force in Florida, “We have a powerful group of machine tool product lines and accessories that can compete with the best in the business. Now, with the new facility and sales/service staff, we will be better positioned to bring excellent service to our customers in Florida, Georgia, and Puerto Rico.” said Pennington,

The new Florida location is 2,000 square feet of Showroom with machines under power, Sales Office, and Service Center that will offer a wide variety of machine tools and accessories. Their machine tool line-up includes Leadwell CNC Machine, which produces vertical machining centers, Box Way turning centers, turning centers w-Multi axis, and a 5-Axis CNC Vertical Machining Center. “CAMPAT has been a proud dealer/importer of Leadwell CNC for over 30 years, a feat that is mostly nonexistent in today’s quick to change importer climate,” said Pennington.

For over 20 years CAMPAT has also been proud to offer Kitamura-Machinery, innovative machining centers that meet the strictest demands of manufacturers worldwide and the tightest of tolerances and accuracies. The Clearwater office will continue this tradition by presenting these vertical and horizontal machining centers, double column machining centers, and 5-Axis machining solutions. CAMPAT’s long relationship with Kitamura makes them one of Kitamura’s largest dealer territories covering TX, LA, OK, AR, N. IL, and now FL and Puerto Rico. Through this 20 year relationship CAMPAT can claim to “have seen it all” when engineering Kitamura solutions for customer’s needs.

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In the rotary transfer machining sector CAMPAT’s Florida location will proudly represent Hydromat Inc. for that territory. They will sell Hydromat’s line of Legacy style machines, EPIC II full CNC 12 and 16 station rotary’s, ICON Mill/Turn centers, and the new Eclipse Rotary Machining Centers.

The Eumach machine tool line is also a brand that CAMPAT will extend to their Southeast region via the Clearwater office. Eumach specializes in a line of heavy duty vertical and horizontal machining centers, bridge & Gantry type machining centers, and a group of multi-axis universal milling machines.

CAMPAT’s new office will also offer imported accessories such as GSA Rotary Tables, TonFou Chucks, Evermore Tool Holders, and many more. They will work in conjunction with the home office in Plano, Texas to sell and supervise the reconditioning and rebuilding of machines, spindles, ways, local installations, machine training programs, and Turnkey solutions.

CAMPAT History:
CAMPAT Machine Tools Inc., headquartered in Plano Texas, is a machine tool dealer as well as the importer and distributor of Leadwell products for U.S.A. Many of the Leadwell machining centers and lathes are configured especially for the U. S. marketplace to CAMPAT’s specifications. CAMPAT also represents Kitamura, Eumach, and Hydromat machine tools, GSA Rotary Tables, TonFou Chucks, Evermore Tool Holders, and more. Incorporated in 1988 CAMPAT celebrates its 30th year in business and is as strong as ever. With over 30,000sqft their headquarters is located conveniently near Dallas, TX. They employ over 40 people and support offices and/or personnel in Plano, TX, Houston, TX, New Orleans, LA, Elgin, IL, and now Clearwater, FL.

Above L to R: Bryan Mize – CAMPAT FL Machinery Sales, Andy Pennington – S.E. Sales Manager, Koji Ishiura – Kitamura Regional Manager, Clark Shafer – CAMPAT FL Machinery Sales (Not pictured is Todd Lindemann – CAMPAT Product Manager)