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General Cable Corporation plans to expand
its operations in Marion, Grant County,
Indiana, with an investment of over $18
million. Construction to add an additional
30,000ft
2
will begin this spring, and is expected
to be complete in October.
“General Cable has been a part of the Grant
County community for nearly 20 years, and
we are pleased that our Marion team is
expanding and adding new manufacturing
capabilities,” saidPaul Furtado, vicepresident
and ICS manufacturing team leader for
General Cable. “This will result in a positive
growth impact for both our company and
the Grant County community where our
employees live and work.”
In
2014
General
Cable’s
Marion
manufacturing facility was a winner in
Industry Week
’s North America best plants
award, which recognizes successful world-
class facilities that also provide a rewarding
work environment.
“Here in Indiana, we have created one of
the best business climates in the country, and
infrastructurewill beessential toour continued
economic momentum,” said Indiana
secretary of commerce Jim Schellinger.
“Preserving and enhancing the state’s roads
and bridges will allow global companies like
General Cable to ship Hoosier-built products
to customers around the world for years to
come.”
Kentucky-based General Cable also
operates facilities in Indianapolis and
Lebanon, Indiana.
Hoosier
expansion
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