The company said will spend $9 million to build and equip a 60,000-sf plant in the City of Port Huron Industrial Park.
State officials said the company had been considering either Port Huron or a site in Louisiana for the new plant. The company received a Single Business Tax credit worth $1.6 million for 12 years from the Michigan government. The city chipped in an additional 12-year tax abatement for about $1.1 million.
"We see this as a very important first step in the diversification of our local economy away from its heavy dependence on the automotive industry," said Doug Alexander, executive director of the local Economic Development Alliance.
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