Automotive Supplier Adds Sixth Indiana Plant

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Busche Enterprise (Albion, Indiana) has moved into its sixth location, this one in Kendallville, recently. Busche has invested $6.8 million to upgrade and refit the 58,500 square foot former AWI Kendallville Division (copper wiring manufacturing) building to produce automotive components, such as axles, drive shafts, and steering and transmission components.

Busche, which shipped sales of $39 million last year, has five other plants in Kendallville, plus a 10,500 square foot cold storage warehouse and a 14,760 climate controlled warehouse, with a total of 272,735 square feet, and employs over 400 workers.

The company's customer base includes companies such as John Deere, Caterpillar, American Showa, Delco Remy, Honeywell, Tenneco, Hayes Lemmerz, Gunite, Navistar, U.S. Manufacturing, Paulstra CRC, SPX Contech Metal Forge, Dana, Bosch Braking Systems, Tower Automotive, Copper Standard, BASF, and International Truck and Engine Corporation.

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