# Lewis Machine & Tool building $7.3M factory in Eldridge, Iowa

Lewis Machine & Tool is moving production from Milan, Illinois to a new 75,000-square-foot factory in Eldridge, Iowa, costing $7.3 million. Construction began in November 2018, and the facility will consolidate three sites, relocating 128 jobs and creating 50 new ones.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-02-04
- Where: Eldridge, Iowa, United States
- Value: $7.30M
- Jobs: 50
- Starts operating: Q3 2019
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 75,000 square feet
- Products: infantry rifles
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Lewis Machine and Tool](https://endata.com/companies/17101.md)

## Sources

- [thefirearmblog.com](https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/02/04/lewis-machine-tool-moving-production-from-illinois-to-iowa/), 2019-02-04: "We had outgrown our facilities and by integrating into one building we'll see some efficiencies and economies of scale."

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