{"id":12144,"date":"2019-11-09T12:32:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T17:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=12144"},"modified":"2019-11-09T12:32:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T17:32:49","slug":"batavia-amada-tool-america-expands-adds-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/11\/09\/batavia-amada-tool-america-expands-adds-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Amada Tool America expands, adds employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dwN9dBYijCc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BATAVIA, NY \u2013 Amada Tool America celebrated the completion of a 19,000 square-foot addition to its existing Batavia-based facility. Leadership from Amada North America and Amada Tool America convened with local leaders at the facility to hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmada Tool America has been manufacturing punch press tooling for 54 years. Today we are starting a new chapter with an expansion into the\n manufacturing of press brake tooling,\u201d said Edward Dries, chief operating officer of Amada Tool America. \u201cThis expansion will supply tooling for the new press brake machines being built in Amada\u2019s brand new facility in North Carolina. To meet this need, Amada\n Tool America\u2019s employee number will be increasing to 87 employees, bringing 17 new jobs to this facility. We are proud to be a part of the Amada team.\u201d\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Lf91JidQQA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amada is a leading international tool manufacturer and boasts 8,000 employees worldwide. Its Genesee County location first opened its doors in 1965 and specializes in precision sheet\n metal tooling. The project featured $8.8 million in capital investment, which includes $6.5 million of new equipment and supports Amada\u2019s growth to 80 workers in Genesee County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The expansion was supported by Empire State Development\u2019s Excelsior Jobs Tax Credit and the Genesee County Economic Development Center (GCEDC) incentives.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmada has been a staple of Genesee County for more than 50 years and its continued success is what led to this exciting addition to its current facility,\u201d said GCEDC\u2019s Vice President\n of Workforce Development, Chris Suozzi. \u201cWhen you consider the sustained success and investment into our community, Amada is the blueprint for the kind of companies that we are looking to attract and grow in Genesee County.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amada has been at the forefront of local workforce development efforts, engaging with students from the Genesee Valley Educational Partnership, participating in the inaugural GLOW\n With Your Hands hands-on careers festival, and will soon debut a series of career profiles on the EdgeFactor.com career exposure platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release BATAVIA, NY \u2013 Amada Tool America celebrated the completion of a 19,000 square-foot addition to its existing Batavia-based facility. Leadership from Amada North America and Amada Tool America convened with local leaders at the facility to hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday. \u201cAmada Tool America has been \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/11\/09\/batavia-amada-tool-america-expands-adds-employees\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,23],"tags":[1877],"class_list":["post-12144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","category-genesee-county","tag-amada-tool-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-39S","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58487,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/10\/30\/genesee-county-batavia-high-school-and-amada-tool-america-are-routing-the-future-for-tech-students\/","url_meta":{"origin":12144,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Batavia High School and Amada Tool America are routing the future for tech students","author":"aka","date":"October 30, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"(Provided information and photo) On Tuesday, October 29th, teacher Charlie Voorhees had some help installing a new CNC router for the Batavia Technology Department. 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