ABB Starts Robot-Production Operations in Michigan to Serve North American Market
Jane Alexander | May 20, 2015
ABB says today’s opening of its new robot-production facility in Auburn Hills, MI, makes it the first global industrial-robotics company “to fully commit and invest in a North American robotics manufacturing footprint.” Production at the Auburn Hills site is to commence immediately.
As ABB’s third robotics production facility, in addition to Shanghai, China, and Västerås, Sweden, the Michigan site will build robots and related equipment for the North American market. Production at the new plant will expand in phases, with the goal that most ABB robots and controllers delivered in the United States, Canada and Mexico will be manufactured in Auburn Hills.
Zurich, Switzerland-based ABB cites the United States as its third largest market (with US$7.5 billion in sales). The company has invested more than US$10 billion in R&D, capital expenditure and acquisitions in the U.S., since 2010, and increased employment from 11,500 to 26,300. It says continued investment in the North American value chain and manufacturing constitutes a significant part of ABB’s global growth plans reflecting the company’s Next Level strategy.
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