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NEWS<br />

AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE US<br />

- JOE HOCKEY VISITS AINSWORTH<br />

NORTH AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS<br />

<strong>QHA</strong> REVIEW | 12<br />

On a recent trip by the Australian Ambassador to the<br />

US – Joe Hockey – to Las Vegas, Joe included a visit<br />

to Ainsworth Game Technology. Ainsworth has been in<br />

operation for over 28 years, employs over 570 people<br />

nationally and internationally and has a key presence in<br />

the North American market.<br />

Executives and Staff of Ainsworth Game Technology<br />

were buzzing with excitement last week as Joe<br />

Hockey conducted a tour of the new Ainsworth North<br />

American Headquarters.<br />

Ainsworth’s North American Headquarters opened in<br />

late 2016 to which local, state and federal American<br />

officials along with Ainsworth executives including<br />

Executive Director Len Ainsworth, CEO Danny<br />

Gladstone, President-North America Mike Dreitzer and<br />

President-Latin America Miguel Cuadros attended the<br />

ribbon-cutting ceremony.<br />

Located along the 215 Beltway near South Jones<br />

Boulevard in the valley’s emerging gaming-technology<br />

corridor, the $40M 291,000-square-foot facility —<br />

includes office, warehouse and manufacturing space.<br />

It dwarfs the company’s former 45,000-square-foot<br />

facility near Decatur Boulevard and Badura Avenue.<br />

During his visit to Ainsworth, Joe praised the success<br />

as an example of how investment leads to growth. In<br />

the past year, the North American team has grown<br />

exponentially.

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