Milwaukee Tool hosted a celebration Wednesday for the opening of its newest manufacturing plant, located in West Bend, marking the first time the company has done manufacturing work in the state since the mid-2000s.
Wisconsin DOT Issues Grants to Support Milwaukee-Area Manufacturing Facilities
John Koetz, president of surface mining for Komatsu Mining Corp., announced plans for the South Harbor facility in Milwaukee in September 2018. Ground was broken Sept. 9, 2020, and full occupancy is projected by 2022. (Komatsu Mining Co. via YouTube)
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation recently distributed grants to support infrastructure improvements near two manufacturing facilities in the Milwaukee area.
WisDOT issued two Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA) grants totaling about $1.7 million to support Komatsu Mining Corp.’s new manufacturing facility and headquarters in Milwaukee’s Harbor District. Bordering Lake Michigan, the Harbor District provides access to the Milwaukee, Menomonee and Kinnickinnic rivers. The agency also issued a TEA grant of $250,000 for road construction work at a new Milwaukee Tool facility in West Bend, which is 40 miles northwest of Milwaukee.