Gaming Arts Unveils “The Forge” as Its New Manufacturing Facility

Gaming Arts, a Las Vegas-based subsidiary of Merkur Gaming, is pursuing further growth in the US, reflected in the launch of its new manufacturing facility, The Forge. This comes as the company outgrew its previous facility.

Gaming Arts’ Rapid Growth Necessitated the Move

The Forge is located on West Harmon Avenue and held its grand opening on April 16. With a total area of 23,000 square feet, the new facility is roughly three times as big as the company’s previous one. While company representatives admitted that Gaming Arts is still on the smaller side when it comes to gaming machine manufacturers, they said that the company is pleased with the growing demand for its games and bullish on the future.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Merkur’s CEO, Rob Ziems, said that Gaming Arts is currently a lower-tier company, but is poised to get into the middle tier very soon. Ziems said that Merkur’s backing makes all the difference, allowing his team to make quicker strides.

The Company Hopes to Boost Its Pipeline

Gaming Arts was founded in 2009. Initially, the company primarily served the keno and bingo industries. In 2018, it added slot machines to its portfolio.

In August 2025, the company’s team comprised 62 people. With the move to the new facility, it now boasts a team of 83. CEO Ziems confirmed that this growth comes in response to a substantial growth in demand for the company’s products. He said that the company will likely add up to 15 new people to its fold by the end of 2026.

After that, the company will remain on track to deliver steady growth over the next few years.

Jason Weller, Gaming Arts’ senior vice president of operations, reminisced about 2019 when he first joined the company. At the time, it produced a maximum of 25 machines a month. Now, this number has skyrocketed to roughly 115 a month, with Gaming Arts hoping to double its production in 2027. After that, it will consider moving to an even bigger space.

Just like Ziems, Weller also acknowledged that Merkur’s backing made this possible. He thanked the parent company for giving his team a “conduit to produce more games” than he could have ever imagined.

Weller and Ziems said that both of them wished for something cool for the new facility’s name. The two of them simultaneously proposed “The Forge” since the new facility will be the place where the company’s new products are forged and where “everything comes together.”