Schaeffler Group is increasing its capacity at two US locations by building new manufacturing halls and administration buildings.
Excavators have already started work in Fort Mill, South Carolina and a June groundbreaking is planned for its expansion in Wooster, Ohio.
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In total, Schaeffler is creating more than 350 new jobs in the US.
The supplier says it is reacting to increasing global demand for its systems and components by building new manufacturing and administration facilities at both locations. Schaeffler is injecting a total of US$83.6m (US$95m) in the US.
Schaeffler is spending US$60m at its Wooster, Ohio facility, with the expansion including production space, a shipping hall and offices, while creating 250 new jobs.
Schaeffler is already the largest employer in Wooster with more than 1,700 employees. The location in North East Ohio designs and manufactures components for automatic transmissions such as torque converters and converter lock-up clutches for the automotive industry.
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By GlobalDataThe company will break ground in June 2016 and completion is planned for 2017.
Schaeffler will plough US$36.5m into the expansion of one of its two plants and the addition of a corporate office building in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
The expansion will create additional space for production and the corporate office will include a conference centre, offices and a company restaurant. More than 100 new jobs will be created in Fort Mill “within a short time,” says the supplier.
Around 1,200 people are currently employed at the Ft Mill facility, which produces rolling bearings, bearing components and camshaft phasing units.
It also serves as the regional headquarters. The project will be completed and production will launch in the autumn of 2017.
