Milwaukee Tool starts construction in Mississippi
Milwaukee Toll continues to ramp up its manufacturing efforts in the United States.
The company announced that it started construction of its newest facility in Grenada County, Miss. This latest expansion will accommodate the company’s growing power tool and accessories business, and will also serve as a centralized repair facility.
More than 800 new jobs will be created with the facility set to open in mid-2023.
“We’re thrilled to, once again, expand our footprint in the state of Mississippi, where we’ve been able to recruit some of the best talent in the country,” said Steve Richman, Milwaukee Tool group president. “Our success is the result of our talented people and the culture we’ve created; it is unparalleled in the industry. We are committed to investing in new talent, and the right opportunities to continue meeting the needs of our distributor and user partners with the speed and agility that defines who we are as a company.”
Milwaukee Tool said that it is investing more than $60 million into advanced technology and manufacturing equipment at the 563,000-square-foot location.
The facility will house critical accessory manufacturing capabilities and will join the company’s other service hub in Greenwood, Ind., as one of Milwaukee Tool’s main axis points for service operations.
Milwaukee Tool, which employs more than 10,000 people in the U.S., has continually expanded its footprint domestically and globally as their company experiences incredible double-digit growth.
In Mississippi, the company has invested more than $209 million in domestic expansion projects over the last 5 years and employs 4,400 people.
In the last year, Milwaukee has invested $216 million in domestic expansion projects. In addition to this new Grenada location, the company’s other domestic presences include Greenwood, Olive Branch, Clinton, and Jackson, Miss,; Brookfield, Menomonee Falls, Milwaukee, West Bend, Mukwonago, and Sun Prairie, Wis.; Cookeville, Tenn.; Chicago; and Greenwood, Ind.
