Construction On New Plant In Eastern Arkansas Gets Underway
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Eakas Arkansas broke ground today on a new manufacturing facility in Wynne. Lt. Gov. Win Rockefeller joined state and local officials at the ceremony.
The 91,000-square-foot facility will be located on a 40-acre site on Highway 1 south of Wynne.
The company will produce decorative, functional, interior and exterior trim and other complex modular assemblies for the automotive industry. The Wynne plant will be capable of producing 320,000 door handles a month and 60,000 mirrors, plus other interior and exterior parts.
The company will start production in early 2006 with an estimated 75 employees and an anticipated eventual workforce of 250. The company`s initial investment will be $15 million.
