Expansions
Besana, Italy-based machine builder Magic MP SpA has a fully operational sales and service center in Whitmore Lake, Mich., for its U.S. headquarters called Magic North America.
A subsidiary of the packaging company is adding 27 jobs, molding machines as part of investment to modernize.
Lebanon, Ore.-based Entek said the project is its largest investment and "will create up to 642 new, high-wage jobs by the end of 2027 and support the growing electric vehicle industry in Indiana and across the United States."
Heartland Polymers has begun production of propylene monomer at a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant in Strathcona County, Alberta.
Auto supplier NYX will create 137 jobs, add 16,000 square feet to its molding bay and a warehouse in Linden, Tenn.
Zurich-based manufacturing giant ABB Ltd. is planning to invest $20 million and create 72 jobs at its Auburn Hills, Mich., plant in response to the growth of automation in the automotive industry and others.
The company expects to add 40 jobs through the construction of a new PET bottle line to make packaging for creamers and cold brew coffees.
Lear Corp. will fill the remaining 268,000 square feet at the former Cadillac Stamping Plant on the city's east side, the company confirmed. A building permit for about $1 million of construction work was issued for the site last Tuesday, according to Detroit building permit records.
Changing plans for its new North American headquarters, Germany's STS Group AG is investing $32 million to upfit and expand a facility in Salem, Va., rather than building a new site.
Zummit will receive the new machine in April from Italian machine builder Colines SpA, and plans to have it running by May.