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As real estate agents say, it’s all about and all the major cities of the Midwest. jobs and $1.9 million in annual payroll to
location, location, location. Logistically, it’s a great location.” the city. As part of the expansion, Sullair is
The lakefront city of Michigan City, Indiana, Since 2012, the Economic Development pumping $16.2 million into new machinery
nestled along Lake Michigan’s South Shore Corporation Michigan City estimates it has and equipment to boost its production
between the global metropolis of Chicago and drawn more than $1.5 billion in investment capacity in Michigan City.
the cradle of the global brand of Notre Dame to the city, a local tourist destination that’s “The Hitachi Group Company’s decision to
football in South Bend, has distinguished known for its beaches, shopping and gaming. expand its Michigan City-based subsidiary
itself as an ideal location for international It’s a also a manufacturing powerhouse that’s Sullair continues a long trend of Japanese
investment. Michigan City recently landed home to many foreign-owned companies companies choosing Indiana for growth,”
its first Opportunity Zone Investment in a loft like Shell, Sullair-Hitachi, Frech, Chicago Indiana Secretary of Commerce Jim
apartment project near Zorn Brew Works Co. Faucets owned by Geberit, KTR Corporation, Schellinger said. “As we work to strengthen
in the historic Elston Grove Historic District. and Dekker Vacuum, which was acquired Indiana’s global economy, we’re committed
“Michigan City is doing well at drawing earlier this year by the Sweden-based air to building stronger relationships with long-
national and international investment, compressor giant Atlas Copco. term investors like the Hitachi Group. We’re
especially from Europe and Asia,” said The beachfront city on the Lake Michigan proud of our strong partnership with Japan,
Clarence Hulse, Executive Director of the shoreline in LaPorte County, Indiana is which now supports nearly 320 business
Economic Development Corporation Michigan home to many air compressor companies facilities in Indiana.”
City, Indiana. “As a community, we’re proud like Vanair, Sullivan-Pallatek, and has been Marbach America Inc., a subsidiary of the
of our diversity and the knowledge that attracting foreign investment from Atlas Copco Germany-based Marbach Group, also
international investors and immigrants brings. and Sullair a Hitachi Group Company. In found Michigan City to be a great place to
We would encourage investors to look at our 2017, Sullair broke ground in October on grow and prosper. The tool and die maker is
location. We’re within an hour to Chicago, a new 80,000-square-foot manufacturing investing more than $4.2 million in Michigan
and a few hours to Indianapolis, Detroit, building on its campus in a $30 million City as it moves into 16,000 square feet
project expected to bring at least 33 new in the new Haskell Building, one of many

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