Indiana $25 Million Book Printing Plant Expansion Planned

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Courier Corporation, (NASDAQ:CRRC) (North Chelmsford, Massachusetts) plans to undergo a $25 million expansion at its book printing plant in Kendallville, Indiana. Construction plans are to expand the company's existing plant by 45,000 square feet and install one MAN Roland Lithoman Press and supporting equipment. Engineering is currently being performed, and a general contractor will be selected in July 2005. Construction is anticipated to begin in September 2005, with overall completion slated for late spring of 2006.

The Courier project is one of 161 industrial projects planned to begin construction this year in Indiana. Click on the chart at right to view a breakdown of these projects by TIV and Industry.

Courier Corporation, headquartered in North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, was founded in 1824, and currently has facilities in New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Indiana, and employs approximately 1,500 people. Courier publishes, prints, and sells books, and has two lines of business: book manufacturing and specialty publishing. Courier is considered to be the fifth largest book manufacturer in the United States, having produced over 140 million books in 2004. Courier is a holding company that includes subsidiaries that manufacture books, religious products, professional and reference texts, directories, technical manuals, and software. In the year 2000, Courier acquired Dover Publications Incorporated, a privately-held New York publisher of specialized-interest books, considered to be one of the nation's most successful and profitable niche publishers. Courier has manufactured the majority of Dover books for more than fifty years.

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