TRUMPF breaks ground on new smart factory production expansion in Farmington

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TRUMPF has begun work on expanding its local manufacture and sheet metal assembly of fabricating machine tools in Farmington, Connecticut. The company will add 55,800 sq. ft. to its production building for the manufacture of laser cutting, bending and welding machinery.

The project is part of ongoing recovery efforts related to damage sustained after a plane crashed into the production building in September of 2021.

TRUMPF will invest an estimated $40 million into the project which will include a Smart Factory that demonstrates advanced automated and connected precision sheet metal production.

"This project is an important step toward the next generation of manufacturing for TRUMPF and also for our customers across the United States,” said Lutz Labisch, president and CEO, TRUMPF Inc. “Smart Factories and automated, connected manufacturing are an important part of keeping American manufacturing companies strong and competitive into the future.”

Construction on the project has begun and is expected to be completed by May of 2024. The building was designed by renowned architectural firms Barkow Leibinger and Tecton Architects. More than 620 of TRUMPF’s approximately 1,500 North American employees work in Connecticut.

The Connecticut Smart Factory project will become TRUMPF’s fourth Smart Factory worldwide and second in the United States.

“We have seen an increasing demand for our flexible enabling technology,” said Burke Doar, executive vice-president for sales and marketing, TRUMPF Inc. “Our customers tell us that they are investing in state-of-the-art, high-tech equipment to become more efficient and productive, overcome supply chain related production issues, and give available labor the freedom to focus on more creative problem solving work. Connected manufacturing is the key to doing all of that more competitively.”