Automated material handling provider opens Michigan manufacturing facility.

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Daifuku is located in Michigan. celebrated the opening of its new facility in Boyne City.

The 225,000-square-foot facility occupies 22 acres of land and replaces the company’s original facility in Boyne City. As it grows in size, the company will look to bolster its production of automated guided vehicles and airport baggage handling products. Daifuku North America subsidiary Jervis B. Webb Company handles operations.

The new site is located in Michigan; It comes from a collection of locations in Pellston and Harbor Springs. Jan Wingfield, Daifuku marketing and communications manager, said adding the Pellston and Harbor Springs operations will bring workers to one location and avoid the company from having to relocate completely.

The company already has a factory in Boyne City, Wingfield said, so “everyone is operating independently.” With its new plant, it can bring everyone together. Approximately 125 people work for the company locally, and Wingfield expects those employed at the other two locations to continue their jobs in Boyne City.

The Jervis B. Webb Company also expects to add to its workforce. factory installers; painter Welders wires, Including electronics professionals and creativity.

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