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KYOCERA Introduces New 2015 Catalog for Solid Round Tool Machining Solutions

Catalog features more than 7,000 in-stock and 3,000 made-to-order products

Hendersonville, NC – April 29, 2015 - Kyocera Precision Tools, Inc. today announced a comprehensive new 2015 Solid Round Tools catalog featuring 7,000 stock standard endmills, drills, routers, engravers, boring bars, and reamers in diameters ranging from 0.0015" to 0.500". Since 1987, Kyocera has designed and manufactured tight tolerance carbide cutting tools and miniature parts for a broad range of markets including the electronics, industrial, medical, automotive, and aerospace industries.

The 2015 Solid Round Tools catalog contains more than 3,000 new standard and made-to-order items, including:

• New corner radius and extended reach endmills with a wide range of radius sizes
• New Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coated endmills
• New premium quality solid carbide thin saws featuring a 24-hour shipment program
• New inch and metric size special taps

The catalog is available in print and online at
http://www.kyoceraprecisiontools.com/micro/catalogs/

To order a printed catalog, email cuttingtools@kyocera.com

Kyocera's history is rooted in precision micro tools. It offers high-volume CNC grinding consistency in diameters from 0.0015" (38µm) to 0.500" (12.7mm), tolerances as tight as 0.000039" (1µm), superior surface finishes, and high-performance coatings. Since Kyocera's inception, it has continually provided the best micro tools and high-performance, standard-sized rotary tools to manufacturing companies, both large and small, worldwide.

Kyocera's state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Costa Mesa, CA include over 65 Swiss-made Rollomatic, Saacke CNC grinding centers, and extensive automated optical inspection (AOI) to ensure quality and consistency. Every Kyocera tool is CAD/CAM designed and has SPC lot traceability as ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 certifications require.

"Kyocera's business was founded on providing specially designed tooling solutions for its customers; and as we grow we continue to provide this value," said Koichi Nosaka, president of Kyocera Precision Tools, Inc. "We offer customers technical support and recommendations regarding efficient tool applications, proper speeds and feeds, cutting oils, equipment selection, and overall machining process optimization. Upon implementation, we continue to work closely with customers to further improve their machining capabilities."

Kyocera Precision Tools, Inc. was established on April 1, 2014 to consolidate the North American manufacturing and marketing of Kyocera industrial cutting tool products, including indexable, micro-tool, and printed circuit board (PCB) cutting tools.

For additional information, please contact:

Kyocera Precision Tools, Inc.
102 Industrial Park Road
Hendersonville, NC 28792
PH: 800-823-7284
email: cuttingtools@kyocera.com
website: kyoceraprecisiontools.com

About Kyocera

Kyocera Precision Tools, Inc. is headquartered in Hendersonville, NC, with production facilities there and in Costa Mesa, CA and Wapakoneta, OH. It provides specialized cutting tools for the aerospace, medical, automotive, general machining, power generation, printed circuit board and steel markets.

Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO) (TOKYO:6971), the parent and global headquarters of the Kyocera Group, was founded in 1959 as a producer of fine (or "advanced") ceramics. Kyocera specializes in combining these engineered materials with other technologies to create cutting tools, industrial components, electronic devices, semiconductor packages, solar power generating systems, printers, copiers and mobile phones. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, the company's consolidated net sales totaled 1.53 trillion yen (approx. USD12.7 billion). Kyocera appears on the latest listing of the "Top 100 Global Innovators" by Thomson Reuters, and is ranked #531 on Forbes magazine's current "Global 2000" listing of the world's largest publicly traded companies.