# Sullair breaks ground on $30 million expansion of Michigan City plant

Sullair broke ground on a nearly $30 million expansion of its Michigan City, Indiana air compressor plant, including a new 80,000 sq ft facility. The company plans to hire at least 33 more employees.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-10-04
- Where: Michigan City, Indiana, United States
- Value: $30.0M
- Jobs: 33
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: new 80,000 sq ft facility for assembly, manufacturing and inventory
- Products: air compressors
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Sullair](https://endata.com/companies/1327.md)
- [Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems](https://endata.com/companies/5372.md)

## Sources

- [wsbt.com](https://wsbt.com/news/local/ground-broken-on-30-million-expansion-for-michigan-city-manufacturing-plant), 2019-10-04: "Sullair is investing nearly $30 million dollars in its plant there."
- [hitachi.com](https://www.hitachi.com/ja-jp/press/articles/2019/10/1011/), 2019-10-11: "投資規模は約30百万米ドルで、拡張計画は新製造建屋の建設や倉庫、従業員向け駐車場の増設"
- [insideindianabusiness.com](https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/articles/manufacturer-growing-in-michigan-city-2), 2019-10-16: "Sullair broke ground earlier this month on an 80,000-square-foot manufacturing building at its LaPorte County campus"

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