Governor Josh Shapiro and Re:Build Manufacturing Announce $81 Million Investment
Pittsburgh, PA – Today, Governor Josh Shapiro joined leadership from Re:Build Manufacturing (Re:Build), the Regional Industrial Development Corporation (RIDC), and Pennsylvania leaders to announce an $81 million investment to create a major, innovation-focused manufacturing operation in the New Kensington Advanced Manufacturing Park that will create 300 high-quality jobs in Westmoreland County. A leader in bringing high-tech manufacturing jobs back to the U.S., Re:Build’s operations at the new regional headquarters in New Kensington will focus on state-of-the-art fabrication, manufacturing, and integration and assembly projects in high-growth, innovation-driven industries including: energy, life sciences, robotics, electric mobility, satellite communications, and aerospace. The project will create Re:Build’s first ground-up manufacturing facility in the U.S. here in Pennsylvania.
MIT Leaders for Global Operations announces new industry partnership with Re:Build Manufacturing
Cambridge, MA — The MIT Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program welcomes Re:Build Manufacturing as its newest industry partner. This addition brings LGO’s partner company total to 24—17 of which are in the Fortune 500 or Global Fortune 500. MIT LGO collaborates with the MIT School of Engineering to deliver an interdisciplinary Engineering-MBA dual degree program. The two-year curriculum features internships at elite partner companies. Students develop leadership skills for the pharmaceutical, manufacturing, energy, high-tech, and global supply chain industries, among others. Re:Build Manufacturing integrates new technologies, managerial methods and capital into conventional manufacturing in medium-sized US manufacturing companies across industrial platforms in diversified growth markets with the goal of revitalizing the U.S. manufacturing base in areas that have been deindustrialized over the past 30 years. Re:Build currently employs over 800 people.
Re:Build Manufacturing Announces the Acquisition of AppliedLogix
Framingham, MA – Re:Build Manufacturing is pleased to announce the acquisition of AppliedLogix, of Rochester, New York. This acquisition enables Re:Build to expand our engineering and development capabilities for firmware, software, and electrical engineering applications across a variety of industries. Founded in 2006, AppliedLogix is an engineering consulting firm that provides custom embedded system design expertise across a wide range of applications, including custom power conversion & control systems for alternative energy, high performance imaging systems, AI & machine learning, and automation. AppliedLogix’s core capabilities consist of FPGA programming, SoC development, advanced PCB design and layout, as well as EMC engineering and signal integrity analysis. AppliedLogix’s technical programming expertise and embedded design experience have made them an integral part of their customer’s engineering and design efforts.
Re:Build Manufacturing Announces the Acquisition of Answer Engineering
Framingham, MA – Re:Build Manufacturing is pleased to announce the acquisition of Denver, Colorado based Answer Engineering, significantly expanding Re:Build’s engineering and development capabilities in the aviation and aerospace industries. Founded in 2012, Answer Engineering is an aviation and aerospace engineering consulting firm providing design, development, and analysis services to customers across all major aerospace market segments, including commercial aviation, general aviation, defense, urban air mobility, space exploration, launch and communications systems. Answer has extensive experience in both manned and unmanned aircraft programs and has supported some of the most visible and successful programs in the aerospace industry. Answer offers nearly all disciplines in aerospace engineering including structures, mechanical systems, landing gear systems, aerodynamics, modifications, repairs, and serviceability.
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Expanding Industrial Design Capabilities through the Acquisition of Tekna, Inc.
Framingham, MA – Re:Build Manufacturing is pleased to announce the acquisition of Tekna Solutions, Inc. (Kalamazoo, MI), significantly expanding Re:Build’s design, engineering, and manufacturing service offering as part of the Re:Build Total Production Solutions Group. Tekna (https://teknateam.com) is an ISO 13485, full-service product development firm and contract manufacturer. Originally founded in 1988, Tekna delivers on its Innovation to Realization™ strategy by offering customers a wide range of world-class services including research, strategy, design, branding, engineering, and manufacturing to create and deliver meaningful solutions. Now part of Re:Build, the company will be able to expand its reach in healthcare and other industries.
Re:Build Manufacturing Announces the Acquisition of Fikst
Framingham, MA – Re:Build Manufacturing is pleased to announce the acquisition of Fikst, significantly expanding Re:Build’s engineering, product development, and prototyping capabilities within its Engineering Services Group of companies. Fikst (https://www.fikst.com/) operates a consulting business in Woburn, MA focused on product development, mechanical engineering, and prototyping solutions for the biotechnology, medical, and industrial markets. Founded in 2005 by brothers Paul and Doug Sabin, Fikst has quickly grown to become a premier provider of concept-to-manufacture consultancy services and has cultivated an industry-wide reputation for its competency in mechanical engineering, micro- and milli-fluidics, and product development within burgeoning markets, such as gene therapy, diagnostics, and cellular therapy.
Acquisition of Optimation Technology
Rochester, NY — Re:Build Manufacturing announced the acquisition of Optimation Technology (Rochester, NY) significantly expanding and adding capabilities to their Total Production Solutions group. Optimation Technology (https://www.optimation.us/) provides complete engineering, design, fabrication, and installation of processing equipment and factory automation for a variety of industries. Optimation executes each project with high quality workflows, integrated cross-disciplinary teams, and world class professionals. They can apply their expertise at any stage of an existing project or take an idea from concept to completion. Optimation’s core competency is the design of large-scale automation and complete plants across a broad set of industries, with expertise in chemical process design, web processing, material handling, assembly, and filling processes.
Re:Build Manufacturing Acquires DAPR, Enhances Onshoring with Advanced Engineering Support
Nashua, NH — DAPR Engineering expands capabilities and speed of Re:Build Engineering Services group, develop industrial automation and process equipment. On Aug. 4, Re:Build Manufacturing (Framingham, Mass., U.S.) acquired DAPR Engineering (Nashua, N.H., U.S.) which significantly expands and adds capabilities to the company’s Engineering Services group. This follows the acquisitions of Cutting Dynamics Inc. (CDI, Avon, Ohio, U.S.) in May 2021, composites fabricator Composite Resources (Rock Hill, S.C., U.S.) in March 2021 and Oribi Manufacturing (Commerce City, Colo., U.S.) in late 2020.
Re:Build Manufacturing Continues to Expand Advanced Materials Group with the Acquisition of Wonder Machine Services, Inc.
Framingham, MA — Re:Build Manufacturing is pleased to announce the acquisition of Wonder Machine Services Inc., located in Avon, OH. Wonder Machine will be a cornerstone of Re:Build’s continued expansion in aerospace, defense, high-performance industrial, and consumer product market segments. Founded in 1976, Wonder Machine is the most recent addition to Re:Build Manufacturing’s Advanced Material Group. Over the last 45 years, Wonder Machine has built significant process knowledge and capacity to produce high-tolerance machine components in a dedicated, AS9100 accredited facility. Wonder Machine specializes in precision CNC machining, CNC milling, turning, and prototyping, with a particular knowledge base developed around ultra-high-tolerance components for mission critical applications, and supporting multi-year, volume production programs. Wonder Machine will operate as a part of Re:Build CDI, a diversified manufacturer of metallic and composite components and assemblies, also located in Avon, OH.
