4/17/14 - Final site plan approval was granted by the Howell City Planning Commission last night for another expansion to the Thai Summit facility. Thai Summit provides engineering, stamping, manufacturing, and assembly services to other companies, such as automobile manufacturers. Boss Engineering Vice President Thom Dumond tells WHMI they are planning to add roughly 150,000 square feet of floor space, split between the primary building and the second, smaller building on the site. Each building will receive an additional press line with the expansion, with the possibility of adding a second to each later on. When it becomes operational, the expansion will create an estimated 235 new local jobs. The roughly $60 million expansion is slated to begin on May 12th and take about a year to complete. Another expansion is being considered to fully connect the two buildings into a single campus. The facility was known as Ogihara until it was acquired by the Bangkok-based Thai Summit. Since then expansions to the exterior and interior of the building have continually increased its capacity to keep up with demand. (TD)
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