Veyance Technologies to expand Ohio plant

Industrial Distribution staff -- Industrial Distribution, 3/26/2008 5:07:00 AM

The former Goodyear Engineered Products division expects to add 24,000 square feet to its Marysville, Ohio, factory in an $18 million project expected to finish in August.

Plant manager Bryan Thompson told the newspaper the 320-worker facility posts sales of more than $150 million each year.

“What [the expansion] really does … is helps us stay competitive in our business world by staying ahead,” Thompson said. “Everybody is always looking for a better product that lasts longer, does a better job and has a better overall cost."

Lance Humble, vice president and co-founder of Humble Construction, the company performing the expansion, said the upgrade will allow the facility to handle more heavy-duty industrial work, especially the 50-ton parts needed for assembling some heavy-duty belt systems. Two 50-ton cranes will run the length of the facility.

"This is by no means a normal commercial warehouse," Humble said.