KALAMAZOO - An aluminum fabricator and a longtime maker of food packaging products will spend more than $120 million and add up to 500 jobs in the Kalamazoo area during the next few years, economic development officials announced Tuesday.
Kaiser Aluminum, a $1.3 billion, California-based producer of fabricated aluminum products for the aerospace industry and others, is expected to bring 300 jobs and invest $80 million in the community. It plans to locate an aluminum-extrusion operation at the Midlink Business Park on Sprinkle Road and I-94 in Comstock Township, taking up about 435,000 square feet of space, officials said.
Fabri-Kal Corp., of Kalamazoo, a longtime maker of food packaging products, also expects to add 160 to 200 new jobs here as it expands during the next five to seven years. It plans to sell its 3303 E. Cork St. facility and relocate into the 387,360-square-foot former Mead Paper Co. facility at 4141 Manchester Road.
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