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Jenoptik’s automotive business in North America has opened a new modern campus of engineering, production, sales and service for both industrial metrology and laser processing systems in Michigan. With relocation completed on May 8th, the company's full operational capabilities were made online by May 15th, 2017. An internal opening ceremony with the Jenoptik Executive Board, local management and staff is planned for mid-June.
The new building covers around 100,000 sq.ft., on a 16-acre campus in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Almost twice as large as its current facility, the new facility meets the latest standards in a production environment for both employees and customers. Benefits include modern and flexible application areas, which can be used simultaneously for training and meeting rooms. The company will now be able to demonstrate and perform feasibility studies, application-specific competencies, as well as cutting and welding services directly on-site.
The new facility is equipped with modern systems and material for energy efficiency, including the latest in sensor-controlled office and plant LED lighting, as well as special energy saving HVAC systems. It not only has natural light in both office and production areas, but the manufacturing departments also are modern and flexible, while the machine facilities are equipped with the latest technology. Non-technological capabilities have also been implemented, with a special floor thickness and ceiling height of 9 meters under the crane making it possible to flexibly produce customized solutions in the future.
In the first expansion phase, the new facility will devote approximately 50 percent of its total square footage to production. It will also provide areas and flexible expansion options, in the medium term, for other Jenoptik activities and future planned growth in the U.S.A. which is one of Jenoptik’s strategic target markets with an expected above-average growth in the coming years.
On the occasion of the relocation to the campus, the Jenoptik management and staff welcomed a delegation group from Thuringia, Germany on May 16. The group included Thuringian Minister-President Bodo Ramelow, Thuringian Economics Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee, the Chairman of the Jenoptik Supervisory Board Matthias Wierlacher as well as members of LEG Thüringen, a federal development association, and entrepreneurs from the federal state of Thuringia visiting the Detroit area.
