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Aluminum Technology Schmid North America, Inc. Breaks Ground on New Location in Auburn Technology Park West
First manufacturing facility to locate in Auburn’s newest technology park

Auburn, Ala. – Aluminum Technology Schmid North America, Inc. broke ground on its new location in Auburn Technology Park West on Tuesday, July 29. In 2006, the company located its first North American operation in Auburn and currently occupies a facility in the Auburn Center for Developing Industries (ACDI), the City of Auburn’s business incubator facility. Aluminum Technology Schmid will be the first company to operate in Auburn Technology Park West, the City of Auburn’s most recent addition to its industrial and technology parks. The park, located off Beehive Road in Auburn, will be the central location for new industrial growth in Auburn.

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Aluminum Technology Schmid is a precision machining company from the Stuttgart Region in Germany specializing in high-end aluminum parts for hydraulic applications in the automotive industry. The new investment will include a die casting operation to further expand the product range of the aluminum specialist Aluminum Technology Schmid. Currently, the company’s Auburn location employs 30 people and expects to add an additional 20 people upon completion of its new facility. The project represents a total of $8.8 million in capital investment for Auburn.

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Christoph Doerr, President of Aluminum Technology Schmid North America, Inc. and Managing Director of the German parent company commented, “Today is an exciting day for us and the culmination of many, many months of planning. When we located in Auburn in 2006, we knew our long-term plan was to build a permanent facility. We are fortunate that our North American business has grown to the point that we are now ready to move forward with our expansion plans and we look forward to locating in Auburn Technology Park West.”

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“What a great day for Aluminum Technology Schmid and the City of Auburn,” said Mayor Bill Ham, Jr. “Not only are we celebrating the groundbreaking of our first industry in Auburn Technology Park West, but we are celebrating the success of Auburn’s industrial recruitment program. The company located in Auburn utilizing the City’s incubator program during its initial start-up phase. Now here we are two years later breaking ground on their new facility. This is a true example of the success of Auburn’s incubator program and its ability to help grow industry. I am pleased that Mr. Gottfried Schmid, majority shareholder of the Schmid Company in Germany and his wife, Margret, were able to join us today for the groundbreaking.”

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For more information, please contact the City of Auburn Economic Development Department at (334) 501-7270.

SOURCE: City of Auburn Website

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