LANSING – Michigan could see up to 3,512 new jobs because of developments and expansions announced Tuesday, including the new North American headquarters of Spanish aeronautics manufacturer Aernnova Engineering Incorporated.
Aernnova is planning, in Pittsfield Township (Washtenaw County), a $10 million aerospace engineering facility that is planned to have 600 employees. The company expects to have 200 employees in the state by the end of 2008, said company Chair Inaki Lopez Gandasegui. The development would spawn 657 indirect jobs.
Gandasegui said the key attraction for the company was the University of Michigan. “It is very important to us the pool of engineers that is here in Michigan, he said.
“This underscores the advantage our state has with respect to our talent, with respect to our universities and with respect to the manufacturing that’s in our DNA,” Governor Jennifer Granholm said.
The company has been awarded $18 million in tax abatements over 15 years to build the plant and bring it to full employment.
Granholm said state officials will also be working with the company on its plans to expand production of wind turbines and to explore production of photo voltaic cells.
The Arennova plant was one of eight projects approved for state tax abatements Tuesday. The others:
? Azure Dynamics Corporation of Canada, which builds electric and hybrid drive trains, will relocate its headquarters ad some development facilities to Oak Park, creating 125 direct and 126 indirect jobs for a $1.7 million, seven-year abatement.
? Credit Acceptance Corporation will expand its Southfield headquarters, adding 506 direct jobs and 602 indirect jobs for a $4.6 million, seven-year credit.
? Granvic Investments LLC, a plastics company, will expand its Standish operation, creating 75 direct and 61 indirect jobs for a $388,000, seven-year abatement.
? MARS Advertising Prize Logic LLC is a new Internet-based promotions company that will be headquartered in Southfield, creating 150 direct and 43 indirect jobs for a $1.9 million, 10-year abatement.
? Sysco Food Services of Detroit will expand its Canton facility, adding 130 direct and 69 indirect jobs, for a $2.2 million, nine-year abatement.
? Thunder Bay Development LLC will purchase and upgrade the former Thunder Bay manufacturing plant in Alpena, adding 150 direct and 218 indirect jobs for a $1.8 million, seven-year abatement.
The Michigan Economic Growth Authority also approved a plan to allow the Genesee County Land Bank Authority to use tax capture to fund cleanup and consolidation of tax reverted properties in the county.
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