Applied Motion Products Announces Plans To Leave Watsonville

WATSONVILLE, CA — Applied Motion Products currently located in Watsonville has announced it is consolidating its U.S. operations into a new corporate headquarters in Morgan Hill. The company announced July 3 that it has purchased land at the Morgan Hill site, with groundbreaking on the new headquarters slated for November and construction completion anticipated for December 2020.

Operations will continue at the Watsonville headquarters during construction, the company said. Applied Motion Products currently operates out of two buildings on Westridge Drive. The company's production, warehouse, operations, engineering, customer service and executive management are all located in the facilities.

The layout and location in Morgan Hill "will allow us to optimize operations, better serve customers, accommodate business expansion and proactively collaborate with other tech companies in Silicon Valley,” said Don Macleod, Applied Motion Products' president and CEO.

Founded in 1978, the company specializes in a variety of motion control products.