With 225 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears AFT's 100-permanent-job threshold (AFT includes any project meeting $100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). It is also confirmed by official public sources and involves a physical manufacturing facility in the United States.
View full methodology →The robotics & automation context.
Robotics & Automation tracks qualifying U.S. facilities manufacturing industrial robots, humanoid robots, automated systems and related robotic equipment. The category follows the physical production sites where robotics companies build machines and core components, while distinguishing them from software-only, research-only, warehouse-operations and end-user deployment projects.
At a glance
- Company
- FANUC America
- Industry
- Robotics & Automation
- Location
- Pontiac, Michigan
- Investment
- $90.0M
- Permanent jobs announced
- 225
- Status
- Planning
- Announced
- Mar 24, 2026
- Opening timeline
- Late 2027
- Added to tracker
- Sep 8, 2026
Official references
- FANUC America's March 2026 Pontiac manufacturing-facility announcement https://www.fanucamerica.com/press-releases/fanuc-america-announces-90-million-investment-to-create-production-ready-capacity-for-robot-manufacturing-in-the-us
- Michigan project approval: $90 million investment and at least 225 new jobs https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2026/07/28/whitmer-announces-over-550-jobs-coming-to-oakland-and-macomb-counties-small-business-support-hubs
Cite this project
American Factory Tracker. "Pontiac Manufacturing Facility — FANUC America, Pontiac, MI." https://americanfactorytracker.com/projects/fanuc-america-pontiac-manufacturing-facility. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Please also cite the original sources listed above for underlying figures.