ATI - ATI Industrial Automation To Break Ground On Operations Expansion, Increasing Capacity And Creating 200 New Jobs

REVIEWATI Industrial Automation will break ground for an operations expansion at its corporate headquarters in Apex, North Carolina, on Friday, October 18, 2013 at 4:00pm. Driven by high demand for ATI’s end-effector products, the expansion will not only add 200 new jobs it will more than double the robotics tool manufacturing operations to 129,000 square feet. Keith Morris, Chairman, states, “Global pressure for ever-higher manufacturing productivity continues to drive demand for our products. This facility expansion will carry us well into the future, enabling us to continue to reduce lead times while providing a superior level of quality.?The two-phase expansion will begin construction immediately; phase two will begin in 3 to 5 years.

ATI was established in 1989 out of a small office in Garner, NC, by three engineers and current ATI employees, Keith Morris, Chairman; Robert Little, CEO; and Dwayne Perry, Chief Sensor Technologist. Their mission, to produce the best robotic productivity tools available. Since then, the employee-owned firm has grown from a handful of employees to over 200 with their corporate and manufacturing headquarters in Apex, N.C. and offices in Michigan, China, and Brazil. Since 1998, ATI has increased its revenue tenfold and has become a market leader in robotics products. The driving force behind their success over the years has been their dedication to engineering excellence. ATI's accomplished mechanical, electrical, and software