Baumer has opened a new factory in the Skopje 1 technology industrial development zone in Bunardzik, North Macedonia. The first phase includes a 4,000 sqm facility spread over a 19,000 sqm plot, with 2,500 sqm of production space and 600 sqm of office space. The Swiss company is planning to invest €9m in the project, which will go up in three phases. The company invested €4.7m in the first phase and will employ 150 people. A total of 500 people will be employed at the site in the future. Baumer intends to build a research and development center for young engineers. The family-run company manufactures advanced sensor technology, inductive and process sensors, cables and other electronics semiconductors. It has 38 subsidiaries in 19 countries and a total of 2,700 employees.
