24 October 2018

Will Mesa Get Selected ? As The Site For 82 More Jobs By An Electronics Design & Manufacturing Company

That's what the results could be in this report by Justin Dawes appearing in The Grand Rapids Business Journal yesterday.
Two locations are competing - Mesa is one.
Another opportunity to create more jobs right here.

Economic Development, Human Resources, and Manufacturing
Electronics maker creating 82 jobs
October 23, 2018| By Justin Dawes  0 Comments 
"An electronics manufacturer in the area is planning to create 82 jobs.
Amphenol Borisch Technologies is investing $3.7 million into its headquarters in Kentwood, at 4511 E. Paris Ave. SE, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation  MEDC, said today.
The Kentwood headquarters is comprised of two buildings totaling 95,000 square feet, including an assembly plant and a machine shop.
The company will renovate space in its existing facility that was decommissioned four years ago after sending a significant number of jobs to its Nogales, Mexico facility.
The company will also spend $3 million on new machinery and equipment.
Competing locations for the project included Mesa, Arizona and Nogales, Mexico. . .
Amphenol Borisch Technologies employs more than 400 people across locations in Michigan, Arizona, Canada and Mexico.
Incentive
The Grand Rapids-based economic development nonprofit The Right Place is assisting the company with a project at the same time investing $3.7 million into its headquarters in Kentwood, at 4511 E. Paris Ave. SE, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, or MEDC, said today. The company will renovate space in its existing facility that was decommissioned four years ago after sending a significant number of jobs to its Nogales, Mexico facility.
MEDC awarded the project a $410,000 Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant
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Amphenol Borisch Technologies Overview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDyLZFpyuKA 


About Amphenol Borisch Technologies: 
As of January 1, 2018 Amphenol Griffith Enterprises is now part of Amphenol Borisch Technologies.
Amphenol Borisch Technologies is a vertically integrated Electronics design and manufacturing firm that specializes in superior service.  Our experience and expertise in electronics design, Design-for-manufacturer, assembly and test leads the industry. ABT is your complete supply chain solution provider. With locations in Grand Rapids (Michigan), Nogales (Mexico) and London (Canada), ABT is the lead integrator within the Amphenol Family of solutions. ABT provides our partners with the unique combination of personal and professional program management support along with low-cost manufacturing and integrated supply chain expertise
 
 

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