Area Development
Comlux Completion USA, part of the Switzerland-headquartered Comlux The Aviation Group, will invest US$46.3 million to expand its operations in Indianapolis, Indiana, according to the Indiana governor's office. The company plans to create 480 new jobs over the next five years with the project. Comlux Completion, which refurbishes and completes interiors for private corporate jets, will expand its existing hangar space and construct a new hangar to accommodate wide-body aircraft, for a total of 170,000 square feet of expansion. "We feel we have an opportunity here to build and establish over the next few years the largest and most successful VIP Completion Center in the U.S. and one of the top three in the world," says David Edinger, Comlux Completion's CEO. The state has offered the company up to $2.95 million in performance-based tax credits and up to $150,000 in training grants, contingent on job creation; the city will support additional property tax abatement.