Guelph Mercury reports:
As Guelph-based Linamar Corp. grows its manufacturing presence in the United States, it is dramatically expanding its workforce in Guelph, company chief executive officer Linda Hasenfratz said. ...
Linamar will set up shop in a former Volvo Construction Equipment plant in Asheville, North Carolina later this year. An incentive package valued at a reported $6.8 million helped convince the company to establish the nearly 400-employee, $125-million plant in the community. ...
“We have a couple of big jobs that we won and both of the customers are in [the Southeast],” Hasenfratz said. “The components we are making for them are quite large, so they really wanted us close by. That was the entire motivation of locating in that area.” ...
“There is in that area, lots of commercial vehicle and windmill-type manufacturing, so we see a lot of opportunity down there,” she said. ...Read the full article
As Guelph-based Linamar Corp. grows its manufacturing presence in the United States, it is dramatically expanding its workforce in Guelph, company chief executive officer Linda Hasenfratz said. ...
Linamar will set up shop in a former Volvo Construction Equipment plant in Asheville, North Carolina later this year. An incentive package valued at a reported $6.8 million helped convince the company to establish the nearly 400-employee, $125-million plant in the community. ...
“We have a couple of big jobs that we won and both of the customers are in [the Southeast],” Hasenfratz said. “The components we are making for them are quite large, so they really wanted us close by. That was the entire motivation of locating in that area.” ...
“There is in that area, lots of commercial vehicle and windmill-type manufacturing, so we see a lot of opportunity down there,” she said. ...Read the full article
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