April 15, 2013 - Balluff broke ground on its new building in Florence, Kentucky on Thursday, April 11. The Governor of Kentucky, Steve Beshear attended the ceremonial event along with other community and company officials. “Balluff has found a successful home in Northern Kentucky, with steady growth here over the past 30 years,” said Gov. Beshear.
“We’re proud to have the company’s U.S. headquarters in Kentucky, and especially happy to see the company continue to expand, adding 24 new jobs and investing $6 million in the Commonwealth.” Balluff’s new 48,000-square-foot building is expected to be completed in March 2014, and will be a state-of-the art customer support, training, and sales and marketing center. The facility will include “green concepts” and worker-friendly features, such as 100 percent employee access to daylight from workspaces.
Balluff is expected to boost employment by adding approximately 60-100 jobs (local and across the country) over the next five years. “Balluff is working hard to help keep jobs in America by offering our customers technology and expertise to increase their productivity, improve their quality and reduce their total cost of ownership, helping to make US manufacturing the most productive in the world!” said Kent Howard, President of Balluff, Inc. One of the world’s leading automation suppliers, Balluff specializes in products for industrial sensing, networking, and identification for a wide range of applications and industries.
Balluff is the U.S. subsidiary of Balluff GmbH, based in Neuhausen, Germany.
The company’s U.S. headquarters currently employs more than 150 people, and has been located in Independence since 1983, with expansions in 1994 and 2001. The facility is the final assembly, distribution, and training site for Balluff in the United States.
About Balluff:
Balluff Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Balluff GmbH, Neuhausen, Germany, is a leading manufacturer of a wide range of inductive, photoelectric, vision, capacitive and magnetic sensors as well as linear position transducers, RFID systems, and networking products. Balluff products for OEM and factory floor solutions are used to control, regulate, automate, assemble, position, and monitor manufacturing, assembly, and packaging sequences for industries including: metalworking, automotive, plastics, material handling, wood processing, aerospace, alternative energy, medical, electrical, and electronics.
