Advanced manufacturing firm Oobotic established its first production facility in Melbourne, Arkansas. The company expects the $6.5 million site to create up to 70 jobs spanning manufacturing, operations and administration over the next four years.
The nearly 97,000-square-foot factory will use Oobotic's AI-enabled automation to make electronic products, including box fan manufacturing for Aspen Appliance Inc.
“Reshoring production to the United States must be done strategically, and we believe advanced AI-enabled automation is a key part of making domestic manufacturing scalable, competitive and reliable for our retail partners,” Aspen Appliance VP of Sales Jason Liszewski said.
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) will provide incentives to support the project but did not specify their value.
