# Continental invests $12M in PVC hose competence center in Mount Pleasant, Iowa

Continental is investing approximately $12 million in its ContiTech PVC hose business, creating a new competence center at its upgraded Mount Pleasant, Iowa plant, with more than 40 jobs added.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-05-16
- Where: Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States
- Value: $12.0M
- Jobs: 40
- Status: announced
- Capacity: more than 20 percent increase in long-length and PVC hose capacity in North America
- Products: PVC hose, rubber hose
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Continental](https://endata.com/companies/925.md)

## Sources

- [forconstructionpros.com](https://www.forconstructionpros.com/concrete/press-release/20861717/continental-commercial-vehicle-tires-continental-investing-in-its-north-american-contitech-pvc-hose-manufacturing-competence-center), 2017-05-16: "Continental is investing approximately $12 million in its ContiTech PVC hose business in North America"

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