# Milwaukee Tool plans $26M hand tool plant in West Bend, Wisconsin

Milwaukee Tool plans to build a $26 million manufacturing plant in West Bend, Wisconsin, to produce hand tools for electricians and utility linemen. The first phase will create 50 jobs, with plans for 100 by 2025.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-01-27
- Where: West Bend, Wisconsin, United States
- Value: $26.0M
- Jobs: 100
- Status: announced
- Products: hand tools for electricians and utility linemen
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Milwaukee Tool](https://endata.com/companies/18098.md)

## Sources

- [jsonline.com](https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/2020/01/27/milwaukee-tool-new-26-million-plant-planned-west-bend/4587289002/), 2020-01-27: "Milwaukee Tool is planning to build a new $26 million manufacturing plant in West Bend— the latest in a series of expansions for the company that are adding hundreds of jobs in the Milwaukee area."
- [discoverhometown.com](https://discoverhometown.com/from-the-newsroom-milwaukee-tool-to-open-manufacturing-plant-in-west-bend/), 2020-01-27: "Milwaukee Tool will once again expand its footprint in the United States with the announcement of a new vertically integrated manufacturing plant in West Bend, WI."
- [fox6now.com](https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-tool-building-new-manufacturing-plant-in-west-bend-to-make-hand-tools), 2020-01-27: "Milwaukee Tool announced on Monday, Jan. 27 that it will once again expand its footprint in the United States with a new manufacturing plant in West Bend."

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