# Austin Engineering plans major expansion of Casper, Wyoming facility

Austin Engineering secured a $20 million grant and loan package from the City of Mills and Wyoming Business Council to build a new 69,000 sq.ft manufacturing facility and a 15,000 sq.ft paint and blast building at its existing Casper site. The expansion will increase capacity for mining haul truck bodies and create about 50 new jobs. Final board approval is expected by end of 2023, with construction starting in late FY2024 and taking up to two years.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-10-09
- Where: Casper, Wyoming, United States
- Value: $20.0M
- Jobs: 50
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 69,000 sq.ft manufacturing facility; 15,000 sq.ft paint and blast building
- Products: mining haul truck bodies, mining buckets, water tanks, tyre handlers
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Austin Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/45113.md)
- [City of Mills](https://endata.com/companies/73087.md) (partner)
- [Wyoming Business Council](https://endata.com/companies/73088.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [im-mining.com](https://im-mining.com/2023/10/09/austin-engineering-eyes-us-expansion-with-wyoming-gov-backed-grant-loan-package/), 2023-10-09: "The expansion of the Casper facility would significantly increase the manufacturing capacity for Austin’s customised mining haul truck bodies primarily for the US and Canada."
- [australianmanufacturing.com.au](https://www.australianmanufacturing.com.au/austin-engineering-secures-govt-support-for-wyoming-manufacturing-facility-expansion/), 2023-10-09: "Austin Engineering Limited has secured a USD 20 million (AUD 31 million) grant and loan package through the City of Mills, Wyoming, and the Wyoming Business Council (WBC)."

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