Firestone Industrial Products expands in Kentucky
The Williamsburg facility will expand by 68,000 square feet, creating 250 additional jobs.
May 27, 2021
Firestone Industrial Products’ expansion in Kentucky will allow the company to better serve the emerging electric vehicle market.
Firestone Industrial Products Co. LLC is investing $50 million to expand the company’s automotive air springs manufacturing plant by 68,000 square feet and create 250 full-time jobs in Williamsburg.
The expansion to the company’s existing 375,000-square-foot plant is being spurred by growing customer demand and new business, including an increased focus on electric vehicle parts. Work on the expansion is expected to be complete in December, 2022.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. – Firestone Industrial Products Co. LLC leaders plan to create 250 full-time jobs in Williamsburg with a $50 million expansion of the company’s automotive air springs manufacturing plant,
Kentucky plant unveils expansion tied to electric vehicles
BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press
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A global auto parts supplier on Thursday announced a $51 million project adding 250 jobs at a rural Kentucky plant in an expansion tied to auto industry plans to ramp up electric vehicle production.
The stepped up output at the Firestone Industrial Products plant in Williamsburg will largely be geared toward producing air suspension systems for electric vehicles. Advanced air suspensions are increasingly a ‘must-have’ technology on premium electric vehicles, and Firestone is committed to maintaining its leadership in this exciting and important market,” said Emily Poladian, president of Firestone Industrial Products.
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