LED panel manufacturer Cirrus LED Systems announces the move of its corporate headquarters to Saco, Maine, from Emeryville, California.

Cirrus LED Systems is composed of three distinct divisions: outdoor high-resolution LED displays and electronic message centers; horticultural LED lighting; and cloud-based digital display content management software.

As part of the move the company has built a largely automated clean-tech factory in its new Saco home. The development of this robotic “factory of the future” is coming together nicely following the company’s relocation in May, it says.

Prior to the move the company had maintained a small East Coast sales office in Portland, Maine. It says that it will continue to have a West Coast sales office.

About 20 people are located in the new facility, according to a spokesman, and as the company brings all of its manufacturing in-house that number is expected to grow.

“Our relocation to Maine for our manufacturing operations and headquarters was driven by a multitude of factors,” says David Rycyna, CEO and founder of Cirrus LED Systems and an SDG contributor. “Cost reigns high among them, however, finding a destination where we could build a strong team through access to local talent and a strong life/work balance was a deciding factor. Working in vacationland has its perks.”

The company was launched by Rycyna seven years ago and has thousands of its LED displays deployed across the country, from Los Angeles International Airport to the Acadia Federal Credit Union in Fort Kent, Maine, according to the company.

“A critical component of our continued growth is closing the gap between product development engineers and the factory floor while leveraging the full potential of what automation technologies are allowing,” said Rycyna. “The world of robotic manufacturing today is massively disruptive to the status quo of how manufacturing was done. It’s virtually a next industrial revolution that moves by leaps and bounds every year. We plan to ride this wave of change and continue as innovators in this space to serve our customers, employees and community with the greatest value possible.

“We couldn’t be more excited about the move to Maine and what this means for the future of Cirrus and our team.”