Upstate Plant To Expand, Add 200 Jobs
POSTED: 10:57 am EST November 19,
2008
FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. -- A Fountain Inn plant will expand and is expected to add at least 200 jobs over the next five years.W.W. Grainger Inc., a maintenance product supplier, currently has about 330 employees at the Fountain Inn warehouse.Operations regional director Marty Van Kanegan said that the company will make changes to its 1 million-square-foot center so it can handle more products.
Grainger expects to spend about $27 million on the expansion.The company is based in Lake Forest, Ill.
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