Manufacturing will occur in an auto parts automation manufacturing facility and will employ former auto industry workers who are having experience working with steel, building auto assembly lines and auto robotics.
The new manufacturing site will create over 120 jobs to Manistee over the next three years. The 30,000 square-foot facility will improve the precision and quality control of the manufacturing process. Materials for the Windspire, like steel and aluminum, will be supplied by local Michigan companies.
As we continue our efforts to diversify and grow our state’s economy, we are proud to celebrate the opening of the Windspire manufacturing facility and the new energy jobs this will create in northern Michigan, said Governor Jennifer M. Granholm. This investment puts us at the forefront in the production of renewable energy to end U.S. dependence on foreign oil and fossil fuels.
Opening our first large-scale production site in Manistee gives us the capabilities to take the Windspire technology to the next level, said Mike Hess, chief executive eofficer of Mariah Power. The experience of the people here and the technology we have in place at MasTech will make a product that is best in class.
