Amada North America to open facility in North Carolina

Amada North America Inc., a manufacturer of precision sheet metal fabricating equipment based in Buena Park, Calif., has announced it will develop a new product line in High Point, N.C., creating 201 new jobs over the next five years. The company will invest $87 million in a facility that will manufacture and assemble a line of high-precision press brake equipment for the U.S. market.

The company plans to purchase enough land to allow for a second facility at the same site in the future.