Muhlbauer International opened its new Smart Factory Competence Center that added 51,200 square feet to its U.S. headquarters in Oakland Industrial Park in Newport News.
The new space adds a showroom for product demonstrations and training, as well as additional assembly capacity. The center began operation Feb. 20 and has already hosted a career and educational event.
Before the expansion, the German company was operating out of 33,100 square feet of office and assembly space. It is involved in the smart card, ePassport and solar back-end industry; its U.S. headquarters opened in 2009.
It produces personalized ID cards and other card-related security documents, as well as smart labels for access control, supply chain management and tracking of textiles, and applications for retail.
