What We're Watching: Touring the ABB Robotics Headquarters | 2025

Inside ABB's Auburn Hills expansion: training, manufacturing, testing, and customer facilities—all in one tour.
March 16, 2026

In this week's What We're Watching, Jake Hall of The Manufacturing Millennial takes us inside ABB's latest expansion in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The facility brings together training, manufacturing, testing, and customer-facing operations under one roof—a look at how one of the world's leading automation companies is investing in its U.S. infrastructure. From hands-on training spaces to live production and testing environments, the tour highlights what modern industrial facilities look like when they're built to serve both internal teams and the customers who rely on their technology. If you want to see how ABB is scaling its American operations, this one's worth your time.

About the Author

Laura Davis

Editor-in-Chief, New Equipment Digest

Laura Davis is the editor in chief of New Equipment Digest (NED), a brand part of the Manufacturing Group at EndeavorB2B. NED covers all products, equipment, solutions, and technology related to the broad scope of manufacturing, from mops and buckets to robots and automation. Laura has been a manufacturing product writer for eight years, knowledgeable about the ins and outs of the industry, along with what readers are looking for when wanting to learn about the latest products on the market.

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