Great Lakes Automation Services, Inc. (GLASI)

Employee size

11-50

Organization type

Privately Held

Headquarters

Mckean, PA

Founded

2002

Great Lakes Automation Services is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business founded in 2002 by Mark Fatica, Ken Fisher, and Bryan Brooks. Based in McKean, Pennsylvania, the 65-person company designs and builds automated assembly and test equipment for manufacturers, while its government-focused packaging division serves the U.S. government and its prime contractors. GLASI also carries the AMi tradition, having acquired the rotary-dial brand in 2004.

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