Contractor Awarded, Construction Begins on $18 Million Cutting Tools Manufacturing Plant in South Carolina

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Trehel Corporation (Clemson, South Carolina) was selected to provide general construction services for an $18 million cutting tools manufacturing plant for Greenfield Industries Incorporated, manufacturer of expendable cutting tools for the consumer and industrial markets, in Seneca, South Carolina.

Site preparation and structural steel work began two months ago for the construction of a 51,000-square-foot addition to a warehouse distribution building. The addition will support the company's plans to relocate current operations from existing plants and add a North American Distribution Center, as well as improve overall plant efficiency. Overall completion is slated for the spring of 2010. Approximately 85 new jobs will be created.

McKibben Architects Incorporated (Seneca, South Carolina) was selected to provide architectural services for the expansion.

Greenfield Industries Incorporated, founded in 1872, produces a range of precision, expendable cutting tools. In 2009, the company became a part of the Top-Eastern Group (TDC), which is considered to be the largest manufacturer of twist drills. Greenfield operates facilities in Evans, Georgia; Clemson, South Carolina; Mississauga, Ontario; and Mexico City, Mexico, and sells thousands of products under the brand names of Cleveland, Chicago-Latrobe, Cle-Line, Vermont Tap & Die, Bassett, Geometric, H&G, Vers-O-Tool, Acme Fette and Putnam Tools. The company's product lines include drills, end mills, taps, dies, reamers, countersinks, counterbores and tool bits.

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