LANSING — Two business expansions – which combined will generate over $14 million in capital investment and create 211 jobs – have received Michigan Strategic Fund approval for support, officials of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced.
TecNiq Inc. received a $540,000 Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant to support a $6.6 million new plant in Kalamazoo County’s Comstock Township that will create 120 new jobs. TecNiq was founded in 2004 by engineers Jeff Condon and Mark Pruss, designs and manufactures energy-efficient LED lighting for fleet vehicles, construction trailers, emergency response vehicles, boats, recreational vehicles, and more. Michigan was chosen over a competing site in Indiana. Comstock Township has offered support to the project in the form of property tax abatement.
Taylor-based Logos Logistics Inc. received a $300,000 Michigan business Development Program performance-based grant to support an $8 million warehouse expansion and new headquarters in Romulus. Michigan was chosen over competing sites in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. VantagePort Detroit Region Aerotropolis is supporting the project with a property tax abatement. For career opportunities with Logos Logistics, visit www.logoslogisticsinc.com.
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