New facility, new possibilities West Fargo’s Assembly Systems pursuing new ground thanks to new production plant

By Thomas Evanella | West Fargo Focus

WEST FARGO — Since opening in 1993, Assembly Systems has been content in its role as an under-the-radar employer in the Fargo-Moorhead area.

The company’s lane was fairly routine and straightforward. Doing subassembly work for a stable list of clients in the transportation and agriculture industries meant coming into work came with few surprises each day, branch manager Jeff Manuel explained to The Forum.

“We knew what the schedule was. We knew what we had to build every day,” Manuel, an eight-year veteran at the company, remarked. “We didn’t have to go out and look for other business.

Thanks to a variety of factors, including a new, 70,000-square-foot facility and the COVID-19 pandemic, those predictable workdays are in the rearview mirror. Asked if this was the most change he’d seen during his tenure with Assembly Systems, Manuel replied swiftly in the affirmative. “That world has changed,” he said.

Organized chaos

Walk across the production floor at the Assembly Systems plant, tucked into a

ASSEMBLY: Page 14