# Yanmar CE NA to expand Grand Rapids facility with 32,000 sq ft and new paint system

Yanmar Compact Equipment North America announced a 32,000-square-foot expansion to its Grand Rapids, Minnesota facility, including a new powder coating paint system that will increase paint capacity up to three times and parts manufacturing capacity up to two times. The project is expected to add hundreds of full-time positions over the next five years.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-01-01
- Where: Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: 2024
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 32,000 sq ft expansion; paint capacity tripled; parts manufacturing capacity doubled
- Products: compact equipment, paint system
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [YANMAR Compact Equipment North America](https://endata.com/companies/51658.md)
- [Yanmar Holdings](https://endata.com/companies/4521.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [yanmar.com](https://www.yanmar.com/us/news/2023/01/17/118953.html), 2023-01-17: "The new expansion and a subsequent paint system will increase paint capacity by up to three times with maximum automation and allow a parts manufacturing capacity increase of up to two times in the previously occupied space."
- [northernnewsnow.com](https://www.northernnewsnow.com/2023/01/17/grand-rapids-company-announces-expansion-making-hundreds-jobs/), 2023-01-17: "The expansion will improve efficiency, allowing us to better serve our customers as we continue to grow as a leader in compact equipment."
- [yanmar.com](https://www.yanmar.com/us/news/2023/01/24/119461.html), 2023-01-24: "Yanmar CE NA will break ground in Spring 2023 on an expansion to its Grand Rapids, Minnesota facility."
- [equipmentworld.com](https://www.equipmentworld.com/business/mergers-acquisitions/article/15306529/yanmar-asv-merger-finalized), 2023-02-09: "The project sets the stage for future capacity increases with company officials projecting the addition of hundreds of full-time positions over the next five years."

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