Grand opening at Emuge’s expanded manufacturing facility

Emuge Corp., a manufacturer of high performance taps, thread mills, drills, end mills, and other rotary tools, held a grand opening ceremony of its significantly expanded, custom-designed manufacturing facility last week. Marking a 35 year presence in the U.S. along with increased growth in North America, the Emuge 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 over 50,000ft² total.

More than 150 attendees joined Emuge to celebrate the occasion. The Grand Opening featured a formal ribbon cutting, a special unveiling of a statue of Emuge 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.A.

“The expansion will allow us to better serve our customer base in the U.S. and Canada," Bob Hellinger, president of Emuge Corp said. "The expanded facility will provide additional capacity to domestically manufacture special solid carbide tooling and other standard solutions within our milling tools portfolio.

“Our facility expansion 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.”

Commenting on the facility opening, John Killam, president/CEO for the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MassMEP) said, "I would like to extend my congratulations to Emuge Corp. for its impressive facility expansion as well as its progressive employee training program.”

Acknowledging the commitment and hard work of all the Emuge employees and the support of the Glimpel Family, Thomas Zeus, technical director, EMUGE-Franken said, "Today marks a very significant step in Emuge's history. 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."

EMUGE-Franken’s Managing Director, Gerhard Knienieder, thanking everyone in the Emuge family that made it possible, noted that this expansion “lays the foundation for future growth where new ideas can be shared and innovation can continue."

Construction began in September 2018 and accelerated rapidly throughout 2019. Emuge 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.