OMAX® Enlarges Corporate HQ

KENT, Wash. – Waterjet manufacturer OMAX® Corp. will grow its headquarters by 20 percent later this month with a new product-support expansion.

Click photo to enlargeThe 22,000 ft² facility – the largest expansion of the company’s corporate campus – will house research and development, training and engineering efforts. The move will enlarge OMAX’s total area to 130,000 ft² in three buildings.        

Dr. John Cheung, OMAX CEO, attributed the growth to several factors, including the , the company’s 2009 launch of its MAXIEM® JetCutting® Center Series, as well a commitment to continuously developing and supporting new and improved technologies that meet the diverse and ever-changing needs of manufacturers worldwide.  

The building expansion allows for a new dedicated training space, including a lab area. The expansion will also increase the company’s research and development and engineering capacities, allowing for better support of existing solutions and faster, more-efficient development of new machines and accessories.

The company has experienced significant growth over the past several years, making the expansion necessary. OMAX was recently named, for the second time, to Inc. Magazine’s 500|5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America for achieving 21-percent business growth between 2008-2011.

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