Mounting Systems, a Rangsdorf, Germany-based supplier of solar mounting systems, has chosen West Sacramento for its first North American facility, the city announced Tuesday along with the Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization (SACTO) and the Governors Office of Economic Development.

The newly incorporated U.S. company has signed a lease for 59,000 square feet of industrial space with Riverside Business Center. Mounting Systems will begin manufacturing operations in January 2011. The U.S. company will report to Mounting Systems GmbH and is also a subsidiary of Conergy AG, a multi-billion company based in Germany.