Milwaukee Tool has big expansion plans
The tool maker will build a new plant in Wisconsin.
Milwaukee Tool said that will expand its footprint in the United States and is planning a new vertically-integrated manufacturing plant in West Bend, Wis.
Located only 20 minutes from Milwaukee Tool’s global headquarters, the facility will manufacture new-to-market hand tools for professional electricians and utility linemen.
“With a focus on core users in the Electrical, Plumbing, and Mechanical trades, our strategy for Hand Tools from the beginning has been to disrupt the market with superior performance, quality, and user-driven feature sets,” said Tim Albrecht, president of hand tools for Milwaukee Tool. “As we continue with that strategy, we are thrilled to invest in state-of-the-art technology and equipment, and a skilled labor force - right in the heart of Wisconsin - to deliver the next wave of hand tool innovation to the industry.”
With an initial expected investment of almost $26 million, Milwaukee Tool will break ground in April 2020 on the new manufacturing plant, and expects mass production to begin in early 2021.
“We will continue to invest, we will continue to grow, and we will continue to change the game,” said Steve Richman, group president of Milwaukee Tool. “In 2020 alone, we will invest over $100 million, and create 350 jobs in the United States to diversify our operations and better serve the professional trades.”
Milwaukee Tool currently has manufacturing and distribution operations around the nation in Greenwood, Olive Branch, and Jackson, Miss., as well as in Mukwonago, and Sun Prairie, Wis.
Along with the new hand tool manufacturing plant in West Bend, plans in progress to expand in 2020 include: operations in Cookeville, Tenn., for power tool manufacturing and assembly; in Sun Prairie, Wis. for accessories manufacturing, and; in Olive Branch, Miss., for a new 766,000-square-foot distribution facility.
Milwaukee Tool has also grown its global headquarters in Brookfield from 190,000 square feet and 300 jobs in 2011, to 390,000 square feet and over 1,400 jobs this year.
An additional 329,500 square feet of space is slated to open in 2020, and the company recently purchased 65 acres of land Menomonee Falls, Wis.
Located only 20 minutes from Milwaukee Tool’s global headquarters, the facility will manufacture new-to-market hand tools for professional electricians and utility linemen.
“With a focus on core users in the Electrical, Plumbing, and Mechanical trades, our strategy for Hand Tools from the beginning has been to disrupt the market with superior performance, quality, and user-driven feature sets,” said Tim Albrecht, president of hand tools for Milwaukee Tool. “As we continue with that strategy, we are thrilled to invest in state-of-the-art technology and equipment, and a skilled labor force - right in the heart of Wisconsin - to deliver the next wave of hand tool innovation to the industry.”
With an initial expected investment of almost $26 million, Milwaukee Tool will break ground in April 2020 on the new manufacturing plant, and expects mass production to begin in early 2021.
“We will continue to invest, we will continue to grow, and we will continue to change the game,” said Steve Richman, group president of Milwaukee Tool. “In 2020 alone, we will invest over $100 million, and create 350 jobs in the United States to diversify our operations and better serve the professional trades.”
Milwaukee Tool currently has manufacturing and distribution operations around the nation in Greenwood, Olive Branch, and Jackson, Miss., as well as in Mukwonago, and Sun Prairie, Wis.
Along with the new hand tool manufacturing plant in West Bend, plans in progress to expand in 2020 include: operations in Cookeville, Tenn., for power tool manufacturing and assembly; in Sun Prairie, Wis. for accessories manufacturing, and; in Olive Branch, Miss., for a new 766,000-square-foot distribution facility.
Milwaukee Tool has also grown its global headquarters in Brookfield from 190,000 square feet and 300 jobs in 2011, to 390,000 square feet and over 1,400 jobs this year.
An additional 329,500 square feet of space is slated to open in 2020, and the company recently purchased 65 acres of land Menomonee Falls, Wis.
