# Crown Equipment to open second Greencastle plant, add 100 jobs

Crown Equipment Corp. will open a second factory in Greencastle, Indiana, leasing and equipping a facility across from its existing plant. The expansion is expected to create 100 jobs by 2021.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-04-13
- Where: Greencastle, Indiana, United States
- Value: $11.0M
- Jobs: 100
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 100,000 square feet
- Products: forklifts
- Sectors: [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [Crown Equipment Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/17016.md)

## Sources

- [ibj.com](https://www.ibj.com/articles/63374-forklift-maker-to-open-second-greencastle-plant-add-100-jobs), 2017-04-13: "We greatly appreciate Crown’s investment in our community and the additional employment opportunities."
- [suncommercial.com](https://www.suncommercial.com/banner_graphic/archives/article_47216cc3-5a3a-593e-9502-bb26a2e1ac32.html), 2017-04-14: "Crown expansion to mean 100 new jobs, $11 million investment"

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