A leading supplier of custom automated manufacturing equipment for many industries, Eclipse Automation added a new location in Mesa, Arizona . The facility will support its rapidly growing international business and its globally based customers.Eclipse Arizona, located in the greater Phoenix area, represents the company’s third U.S. location, joining Eclipse’s existing facilities in Fremont, California and Charlotte, North Carolina. The new facility will be hiring over fifty automation engineers and technicians over the next few years.Steve Mai, CEO & President of Eclipse Automation said, “Arizona is a strategic location in our growth strategy to further support our customers throughout the southwest market. The state of Arizona has proven to be investing in manufacturing and we feel it is a perfect location for us to continue to meet our goals as a company.”According to company officials, the expansion comes just after the company announced the opening of a new facility in Cambridge, Ontario. The addition of these two new facilities and workforce growth will provide Eclipse’s customers greater operational capacities and generate more business opportunities in the Western U.S. region and Mexico.