ATS Automation Tooling Systems
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ATS Automation Tooling Systems is a Cambridge, Ontario
based Canadian company which designs and builds factory
automation
solutions. They have designed and built more than 10,000 automation systems in the areas of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, semiconductor
, fiber optics, automotive, computers, solar energy and consumer
products. ATS employs approximately 3500 people worldwide, with more than 1.5 million ft² (140,000 m²) of manufacturing space in 25 manufacturing facilities.
Business Units
Solar Division
Cambridge, Ontario
Cambridge is a city located in Southern Ontario at the confluence of the Grand and Speed rivers in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is an amalgamation of the City of Galt, the towns of Preston and Hespeler, and the hamlet of Blair.Galt covers the largest portion of...
based Canadian company which designs and builds factory
Factory
A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...
automation
Automation
Automation is the use of control systems and information technologies to reduce the need for human work in the production of goods and services. In the scope of industrialization, automation is a step beyond mechanization...
solutions. They have designed and built more than 10,000 automation systems in the areas of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, semiconductor
Semiconductor
A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter...
, fiber optics, automotive, computers, solar energy and consumer
Consumer
Consumer is a broad label for any individuals or households that use goods generated within the economy. The concept of a consumer occurs in different contexts, so that the usage and significance of the term may vary.-Economics and marketing:...
products. ATS employs approximately 3500 people worldwide, with more than 1.5 million ft² (140,000 m²) of manufacturing space in 25 manufacturing facilities.
Business Units
- Automation Systems Group
- Precision Component Manufacturing Group is for sale as of June 20th 2007
- Advanced Manufacturing Group (component assembly, build to print automation, repeat equipment build and private label manufacturing)
Solar Division