Emuge Expands Manufacturing Facility

Emuge Corporation (West Boylston, MA) held a grand opening ceremony of their significantly expanded, custom-designed manufacturing facility on October 15, 2019. Marking a 35-year presence in the U.S., along with increased growth in North America, this expansion includes more manufacturing and tool reconditioning space, the addition of a new PVD coating center, as well as an expanded Technology and Training Center. The expanded facility doubles the size of the original building to more than 50,000 sq ft overall.

Over 150 attendees helped celebrate the occasion, which featured a formal ribbon cutting, a special unveiling of a statue of company founder Richard Glimpel, a full facility tour and live machining technology demonstrations. The impressive gathering demonstrated the importance of retaining and growing manufacturing technology in Massachusetts and the U.S. “This expansion will allow us to better serve our customer base in the U.S. and Canada,” said Bob Hellinger, the president of Emuge. “The growth we have experienced in our aerospace and power generation customer base has been significant in the past few years. This expanded facility will provide additional capacity to domestically manufacture special solid carbide tooling and other standard solutions within our milling tools portfolio. It will also allow us to continue our commitment to creating jobs in Massachusetts. We project to add 25 to 30 new employees over the next five years to our current roster of 75. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank all our employees who made this happen, and with special thanks to the Glimpel family, owners of Emuge-Franken, for making this expansion a reality.”

Company executives were joined by John Killam, the president and chief executive officer for the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MassMEP), who made remarks at the grand opening: “I would like to extend my congratulations to Emuge for their impressive facility expansion, as well as their progressive employee training program. They are an excellent example of the importance of investing in their employees, and why Massachusetts leads the nation in innovation.”

“Today marks a very significant step in our history,” noted Thomas Zeus, the technical director of EMUGE-Franken. “We are proud to celebrate this special milestone, largely because of the commitment and hard work of all our employees, in addition to the support of the Glimpel family who made this possible. We are dedicated to hiring and training the right people and to expanding our building footprint and technological capabilities to meet today’s and tomorrow’s manufacturing challenges.”

“We are very proud to see this North American facility expansion become a reality, and I would like to thank all in the Emuge family that made this possible,” added Gerhard Knienieder, the managing director of EMUGE-Franken. “It lays the foundation for future growth, where new ideas can be shared and innovation can continue.” Construction for the expansion began in September 2018 and accelerated rapidly throughout 2019. The company currently has tool reconditioning capabilities in West Boylston for taps, end mills and drills, combined with the ability to manufacture tools such as spot drills, chamfer mills, carbide end mills, carbide special tooling, carbide step drills and make other round tool modifications.

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