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Goshen updates Manteno plant: $2 billion investment, 300 employees, safety upgrades and local partnerships
Summary
Goshen told the village it has invested about $2 billion at its Manteno facility, employs roughly 300 people now with plans to expand to 2,600, and described safety systems, local-hiring goals, educational partnerships and roughly $400,000–$450,000 in community contributions to date.
Mark Bridal, a representative of Goshen, told the Planning & Zoning board that the company’s Manteno facility is “still the $2,000,000,000 private investment that we’re making at that facility” and described five main production lines for energy storage and electric-vehicle products.
Bridal said the plant currently employs about 300 people and has recently hired 35 more, with a long-term staffing goal of 2,600 once additional development is complete. He said about 19% of the workforce is from…
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