Aerotech continues to expand
Following the expansion of the production area and the purchase of further plant and machinery at the Pittsburgh headquarters, the cleanroom area is being doubled.
The manufacturer of high-performance motion control and positioning systems as well as automation solutions, is responding to increasing global demand by further expanding its headquarters. The branches in Germany and Great Britain are also to benefit from this. The subsidiary Kiski Precision Industries (KPI), a supplier of mechanical components, recently acquired the neighboring company Alpha Carb Enterprises (ACE), which more than doubles the operating space to 79,500 sqm.
At the end of the construction work, the cleanroom will have an area of 600 m², which is about twice the original size. It will be expanded to ISO class 6 with cell-specific areas of ISO class 5. Additional investments will be made in cleanroom clothing, work equipment, tools and complete product ranges.
The cleanroom expansion is considered a continuation of a multi-year investment in facilities and operational capacity that began back in 2018. Aerotech added an additional 134,500 square feet of manufacturing, office, engineering and laboratory space to its Pittsburgh facility.
The new cleanroom capacities will then also benefit Peak Metrology. The youngest Aerotech subsidiary, also located in Pittsburgh, is currently on a rapid growth course. The experts there, led by R. J. Hardt, concentrate exclusively on industrial customers in the field of surface metrology. Peak Metrology offers a wide range of products for this purpose – right up to turnkey machines. Already as a business unit of Aerotech, a broad customer base could be built up around standard and customized precision solutions for surface metrology.
Kiski Precision Industries acquires Alpha Carb Enterprises
Aerotech subsidiary Kiski Precision Industries announced in early December 2022 the acquisition of Alpha Carb Enterprises (ACE), a neighboring manufacturing company focused on wire EDM in the tool and die industry, among others.
According to KPI, the added 7,390 square feet doubles the available operating space. Aerotech also plans to benefit from the ACE acquisition. KPI has additional capacity and expertise in each of its business units as a result of the acquisition. The employees at ACE have been assured jobs at KPI, and the senior managers are also to be taken on.
Further reading: “Motion control: from component to system supplier – how a provider of automation systems transformed itself to offer holistic support for high-precision and industry-specific automation processes”, PhotonicsViews 19(6), December 2022, pp. 86–88
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Aerotech GmbHGustav-Weißkopf-Str. 18
90768 Fürth
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