Frito-Lay, a division of PepsiCo and a leading snack manufacturer, will invest $235 million to expand its manufacturing site in Killingly, Connecticut. The project is expected to create 120 new jobs.
Amazon, the largest internet-based retailer in the world, will create a new state-of-the-art, 855,000 square-foot fulfillment center in North Haven, Connecticut. The company plans to spend $255 million on the project, where it will create 1,800 jobs at the new facility.
In mid-July, PwC released its Q2 2016 Manufacturing Barometer, which surveyed senior executives at U.S.-based industrial manufacturing firms to determine their assessment of the direction of the nation’s economy, as well as their projections for thei
Cushman & Wakefield has announced that U.S. industrial markets absorbed a record-setting 70.1 million square feet (msf) of space in the second quarter of 2016, up 6.0 percent from the same period a year ago, and resulting in year-to-date absorption o
Adam Equipment, a global manufacturer of scales and balances, said the company is moving its United States headquarters to a 29,300 square foot facility at Fox Hollow Industrial Park in Oxford, Connecticut.
Praxair, Inc., a global leader in industrial gases and applications, will maintain its world headquarters in Danbury, Conn. and invest approximately $65 million to build a new 100,000 square-foot corporate facility.
A firm that focuses on the design, manufacture, operation and service of ultra clean, efficient and reliable fuel cell power plants, FuelCell Energy Inc. will begin a two-phased expansion of its Torrington, Connecticut, manufacturing campus facility. The company expects the project will add up to 325 new associates over the next four years.
General Dynamics Electric Boat, a designer and builder of nuclear submarines, is expanding its facilities in Groton, Connecticut, to meet increased hiring and industry demands. As part of its expansion, Electric Boat expects to add up to 200 new employees to its Connecticut workforce of 8,700.
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