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Postle Extrusion takes up $12.5 million expansion plan at Cassopolis plant
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Postle Extrusion has taken up a $12.5 million expansion plan for Cassopolis plant.
It was announced last week by Sen. John Proos, R-St. Joseph, that the parent company, Postle Aluminum, had received a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund.
Postle Aluminum CEO Kevin Robinson said he is pleased with the grant and happy to be able to expand at the Cassopolis location.
“We are very excited about the project, which will create around 40 new jobs,” Robinson said.
Postle Extrusion employs 125 people at the Cassopolis facility, on Edwards Street.
Corporate wide, Postle Aluminum, based in Elkhart, Ind., employs close to 400 people. It provides parts for the recreational vehicle market, fencing and specialty/cargo trailers.
Currently, there are three aluminum presses in Cassopolis. The 52,000-square foot expansion on approximately 3 acres, will house a new extrusion press and all the equipment that goes with it, plus a vertical wet-coat paint line for aluminum.
The $400,000 grant will be for on-the-job training for the wet-coat paint line production.
Postle Aluminum purchased the Cassopolis facility in 2006. Robinson said an improving economy made it possible for the expansion.
“We are very happy with Cassopolis and the workforce there,” he said. “That is why we made the decision to stay there.”
Robinson said he estimates between six and eight months of construction and start-up.
It was announced last week by Sen. John Proos, R-St. Joseph, that the parent company, Postle Aluminum, had received a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund.
Postle Aluminum CEO Kevin Robinson said he is pleased with the grant and happy to be able to expand at the Cassopolis location.
“We are very excited about the project, which will create around 40 new jobs,” Robinson said.
Postle Extrusion employs 125 people at the Cassopolis facility, on Edwards Street.
Corporate wide, Postle Aluminum, based in Elkhart, Ind., employs close to 400 people. It provides parts for the recreational vehicle market, fencing and specialty/cargo trailers.
Currently, there are three aluminum presses in Cassopolis. The 52,000-square foot expansion on approximately 3 acres, will house a new extrusion press and all the equipment that goes with it, plus a vertical wet-coat paint line for aluminum.
The $400,000 grant will be for on-the-job training for the wet-coat paint line production.
Postle Aluminum purchased the Cassopolis facility in 2006. Robinson said an improving economy made it possible for the expansion.
“We are very happy with Cassopolis and the workforce there,” he said. “That is why we made the decision to stay there.”
Robinson said he estimates between six and eight months of construction and start-up.
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