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AMFT capital budget to meet customer demand. Our certifications are critical for defense work, giving customers confidence in the security and traceability of information.”
AMFT operates a diversified manufacturing network across America, Europe and Asia, with three sites in the US, and locations in Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Singapore and Thailand. This global footprint allows the company to combine its local execution with worldwide continuity, mitigate supply chain risk and position itself near customers.
“ In the current geopolitical environment, customers are looking for a resilient supply chain in-region or in-country,” explains Todd.“ Therefore, having capacity near
We’ re currently evaluating our roadmap and understanding what the ROI is on our Smart Factory adoption
them is critical and we have specialized environments for high precision medical and electronic production. Also, we have a few key customers in the aerospace sector in the US, so now we need to penetrate Europe. Again, with defense, it’ s very region specific, and we’ re investing in people, processes and certifications that matter to defense primes and Tier 1 suppliers.
“ We’ re seeing meaningful opportunity in defense across Europe, and the momentum is building as supply chains and industrial capacity ramp up. By 2035, Europe’ s expected to spend about 80 percent of what the US does today on defense, so we’ re positioning ourselves with key government suppliers to be a partner
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