Trumpf Opens New Smart Factory

Added technology & demonstration capabilities

The Smart Factory adds 55,800 square feet of production space to efficiently cut, bend and weld thousands of different parts for its machines, used by manufacturers to make metal components for cars, aircraft, agricultural machinery, data center cabinets, fitness equipment and a wide variety of other products. It showcases real-life applications of automated and connected manufacturing to thousands of manufacturers who visit the Connecticut campus each year to explore technology customized for their own production needs.

The Smart Factory is part of an ongoing “local-for-local” strategy for production in Connecticut, where the company has manufactured since 1974. Trumpf produces all its sheet metal laser cutting machines and connected automation devices for the North American market in Farmington, and recently added a new production line to make tube laser cutting machines. 

New initiatives

The company announced several strategic initiatives to increase local manufacturing, expand training facilities and grow its US apprenticeship programme. The three major new initiatives will take place in the next twelve months and include:

• Increased local production – further expanding local manufacturing in Connecticut, a new press brake production line will be added starting in summer of 2026 and will increase and round out the plant’s production output to cover all major sheet metal fabrication product lines and create additional jobs.
• Training center expansion - the Training Center will be expanded, incorporating the latest equipment, automated systems and real-world setups to train the next generation of technicians and operators. The relocated center in Farmington will add training capabilities and increase capacity beyond its current nationwide draw of 4,000 students annually.
• Broader apprenticeship programme - a new apprenticeship consortium, founded by Trumpf, includes several other Connecticut manufacturers and is supported by AdvanceCT and the German-American Chamber of Commerce. The consortium leverages the well-established apprenticeship and training programmes and widens access to its high-tech equipment, software and personnel to raise the workforce’s advanced manufacturing skill levels.

 (Source: Trumpf SE & Co. KG)