HOLLAND – Factory automation equipment maker Koops Inc. broke ground on a new 40,000-square-foot plant expansion that will nearly double automation production capacity.
The $4.9 million expansion to its current plant in Holland, along the Lake Michigan shore, is in response to growing global demand for automation equipment that is expected to hit $200 billion in sales over the next few years.
Site work for 40,000-square-foot addition started this week and the building is scheduled for completion by spring 2017. It is expected to create 60 new jobs at the employee-owned company that currently has 114 employees in Holland.
“Growth in the automation systems industry is on the rise because manufacturing companies worldwide are seeking ways to lower production costs while improving quality through expanded automation processes,” said Koops CEO Paul Brinks.
Global sales growth for industrial automation system products in 2015 was up 7 percent and is forecast to trend to over 7.5 percent by 2020 according to the industrial tracking group Research and Markets (http://prn.to/2cmcddI).
Koops manufactures large-scale automation equipment for manufacturing customers in industries that include automotive, aerospace, medical, transportation, construction, furniture, and pharmaceutical. The company has plants in Michigan and South Carolina.
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