KMT Waterjet Systems

Global Headquarters located in Baxter Springs, Kansas corporate office of KMT Waterjet Systems, and is globally recognized as a leading manufacturer of waterjet systems Beginning in 1954, the now decades old, ever-expanding building located at 635 West 12th Street in Baxter Springs Kansas, has seen itÍs share of manufacturing highs and lows. Built on the hard work, ingenuity and sweat of its employees, then McCartney Manufacturing Co. was the very fabric of American manufacturing in post WWII era. Joe McCartneyÍs dream began in 1947, 2 blocks east, in an abandoned gas station where he built equipment for the manufacturing of wooden toys. The company moved to a larger facility in 1954, and evolved into making parts for the booming polyethylene business, primarily supplying parts for poly-gas oil compressors to the Ingersoll Rand Company. Birth of the First Intensifier Pump Waterjet Cutting Machine Due to poor health, Joe sold his company in 1963 to Ingersoll Rand (now KMT) where they began experimenting with high pressure intensifiers, and discovered that ñwater under pressureî could cut most anything! In 1971, history was made when the very first commercial use waterjet cutting system was installed for the Alton Box Board Company*, a cardboard box manufacturing facility. KMt Waterjet cutting early intensifier pumpKnown as the "Fluid Jet Cutting System", it eliminated the use of commercial saws, and was designed for the contour cutting of furniture packing forms for the Papertube Division in Jackson, TN. Since 1971, the proud employees of McCartney LDPE Manufacturing, Ingersoll-Rand and today, KMT Waterjet, have served a pivotal role as true pioneers in the manufacturing industry by developing leading designs of waterjet intensifier pumps and precision cutting heads. Since then, thousands of companies around the world have harnessed waterjet cutting to manufacture products for use in a variety of industries. Since it's origin, McCartney LDPE Manufacturing has been on the cutting edge in the high pressure cutting industry. In 2003, Sweden based Karolin Machine Tool (KMT) Co. expanded their tooling business by purchasing the poly and waterjet division from Ingersoll Rand. The Baxter Springs location currently employs approximately 180 people, is the corporate office of KMT Waterjet Systems, and is globally recognized as a leading manufacturer of waterjet systems. KMT waterjets are sold worldwide with offices in Brazil, Canada, China, France,Germany, India, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Poland, Spain, United Arab Emirates and the UK. Additionally, the polyethylene division continues to thrive and grow, and carries on the legacy of the McCartney name, where it is known worldwide as KMT McCartney LDPE Products.