Swedish-based Atlas Copco's upward trajectory of sales and growth is benefiting Auburn Hills, which will be home to the company's expanded U.S. headquarters.
Demand for the products provided by the U.S. arm of the company,
Atlas Copco Tools & Assembly Systems in Auburn Hills, led to a decision to double its facility by building a $15-million, 120,000-square-foot headquarters in the Oakland Technology Park. It's where the company will supply other businesses with handheld electric and pneumatic tools, assembly systems, software and heavy industrial vehicles.
Atlas, which is a multi-national with offices around the country and the world, also supplies construction and mining equipment, compressed air and gas and other industrial and manufacturing products.
The new Auburn Hills facility will initially employ about 225 people. Ground was broken last month and the construction should be completed summer of 2014.
Source: Shawn Keenan, city of Auburn Hills
Writer: Kim North Shine
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