Hearthside Holdco, doing business as Hearthside Food Solutions, a manufacturer of grain-based snack foods and baked goods, will invest $6 million to expand its operations in Michigan City, Indiana, creating up to 51 new jobs by 2016.
The Downers Grove, Ill.-based company will renovate and add 8,600 square feet to its existing 180,000 square-foot facility located at 502 W. US Highway 20 in Michigan City. As part of the expansion, Hearthside plans to install manufacturing equipment that will allow it to produce a cracker-based product, which is expected to be operational by this spring.
Hearthside, which currently has more than 400 full-time employees in Michigan City, plans to begin hiring additional machine operator associates in March. “We look forward to continued growth at our Indiana facility,” said Bob Wojcik, plant manager at Hearthside. “We continue to grow in a highly competitive industry, due in part, to the quality of the Indiana workforce and the state’s positive business climate. As our business continues to grow, we will continue to invest in our people, plant and equipment.”
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