Medical manufacturing, like other industries, faces intensive demands for improved productivity. As a result, many manufacturers are focused on achieving greater efficiencies and precision in making small parts. No technology beats Swiss turn when it comes to churning out many small parts. According to Brian Such, executive vice president of Marubeni Citizen-Cincom (MCC), Allendale, N.J., one recent improvement in Swiss machining is the use of modular gear boxes that quadruple the speed of the live tool.