The City of Clinton issued the following statement.
Milwaukee Tool, a leading manufacturer of
heavy-duty power tools, hand tools, storage, and accessories for the
professional construction trades worldwide, announces plans to expand
its presence in
Mississippi. The company will lease space in Clinton as an expansion of
their operations in nearby Jackson. The project is a more than $7
million corporate investment and is part of the
company’s recent commitment to creating 1,200 jobs in the region.
For its latest expansion in Clinton, Milwaukee Tool
will lease 357,000 square-feet of the 730,000 square-foot building
located at 1001 Industrial Park Drive. The company will invest more than
$7 million to establish the new facility which
will act as an expansion of its current facility in Jackson and will
help support its growing power tool accessories and power tool business.
Available jobs will include machine operators, technicians,
warehousing/inventory, shipping/receiving, engineering
and management roles.
The new facility is expected to be operational in November, and Milwaukee Tool will begin posting jobs shortly at
https://www.milwaukeetool.
QUOTES
“We’re thrilled to, once again, expand in the
State of Mississippi. The Clinton facility is critical to ensuring we
can continuously deliver disruptive solutions to our end users and
distribution partners with speed and agility.”
– Milwaukee Tool Group President Steve Richman
“I am excited for the expansion of Milwaukee
tool into Clinton. Nothing has the ability to change the upward
trajectory of a community and region like jobs at a nationally
recognized employer like Milwaukee Tool. Milwaukee® is consistently
ranked as a top place to work around the country. I believe that our
residents and their families will benefit for generations to come from
the job opportunities available with this company. I am grateful for the
relentless work of Gabriel Prado and Richard
Copeland in pulling this expansion into Clinton together. Just another
example of why Clinton is pro-business and a great place for businesses
to prosper.” – Mayor Phil Fisher.
“It has been a two-year process with a lot of
obstacles in the way, but the fact that Milwaukee Tool is coming to
Clinton demonstrates that we have competitive advantages such as our
workforce and quality of life that make Clinton an
economic powerhouse. Economic Development is a team sport, and I would
like to thank all of those that made this possible. Special thanks to
Mayor Phil Fisher for his vision and support for Economic Development;
Speaker Philip Gunn for his push for Economic
Development in the State; Richard Copeland for his relentless work, and
Jeff Rent with the Greater Jackson Alliance for his continuous
partnership.”
– Gabriel Prado, Economic Development Director, City of Clinton.
“I have owned the building since 2015. I only wanted to put manufacturing into the building. No warehousing. Manufacturing jobs were the only thing that are going to change our area for the better. I have had multiple chances to rent the building since then, but manufacturing was the goal.” – Richard Copeland, President of Copeland and Johns, Inc.
Kingfish note: The expansion is expected to create several hundred jobs.
17 comments:
I could use an Old Milwaukee.
Congratulations to the City of Clinton, for continuing to show how a city in Hinds County is supposed to be managed.
I have purchased 3 sets of the Milwaukee drill/impact combos. The first one was purchased 13-14 years ago. The impact and 1 battery still work. The others were bought 10 and 3 years ago. All the tools and batteries still work. I have owned other impacts and drills and never got anywhere the use out of them. in all fairness I broke one of the oldest batteries dropping it and burned up the oldest drill planting bulbs for my wife. These are great tools. I wonder if being made in America has anything to do with that? Good for Milwaukee and Clinton.
I'm guessing it'll be difficult to fill these manufacturing positions, especially when people are receiving their EITC monthly right now, with no end to that in sight.
Paul Mitchell,
You must be kidding? Who the hell can live off of EITC? If they pay a decent wage, there will be plenty of applicants. How good will the candidates be is a totally different question though. Competition will be fierce for qualified workers, especially with Amazon in play.
Whatever positives that might be revealed in utilizing the local workforce are far outweighed by the utter incompetence, crime, and ignorance permeating Hinds County and the Jackson Public Schools. Except for Clinton. But they have a daunting struggle...keeping Jackson at bay. Good luck Clinton.
@11, AND, if something does go wrong, you get free shipping to Greenwood, constant updates on the repair/warranty and absolutely top notch service, incredible company
Milwaukee Tool, the brand, has become the state of the art front-runner. Much like Cobalt, who has sent Craftsman's poor quality brand packing, Milwaukee, Kobalt and a few others are in it for the long haul. Fifteen years ago, the Milwaukee locations in both Clinton and Greenwood were a crap-shoot. Ain't no stoppin' 'em now! There's way more than enough available, qualified labor within a sixty mile commute to float the Clinton location for decades to come (In spite of Chokwe).
Lets hope the boa in Clinton dont screw things up trying to play economic developer. Trying to get "more involved" in bringing companies in. Thats only going to mess things up since none of them have a clue what they are doing when it comes to that. Just a power grab to feel important.
8:52 - Your post is confusing enough to even confound yourself.
3:55, thanks for the well thought out response. No one is living off of EITC anywhere, they are receiving it and using their cash business income to fulfil their other needs.
The issue at hand is that manufacturing positions are looked down upon by those that have been told their whole lives that they must go to college and ignored by the folks from families that have never worked a day in their lives.
One can pray that will change in the future, but I don't think it will.
Paul Mitchell,
I wholeheartedly agree that the college or bust mentality has to go. Manufacturing and other "menial" jobs and professions definitely need to come back to the USA. Attitudes will definitely change when Joe Average can live comfortably on one of these jobs.
12:01, any manufacturing job, if started as a young person with a good work ethic, can grow into a very substantial salary in short order. In Mississippi, around 30% of the population has a college degree. There is no ceiling for a hard worker, even without a college degree, in our state.
There will definitely be a ceiling for someone with substantial student loan debt and a useless degree, though.
Paul Mitchell - A neck tat is always a good interview ice-breaker.
5:02, I agree, everyone should get one, face tattoos are even better.
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