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A view of the newly expanded
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Welcoming all the dignitaries,
was MTU Enterprise Corporation Smart Zone C.E.O. Carlton Crothers.
The new facility will add 50 new jobs to the Copper Country. |
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Acting as Master of Ceremonies
was GE Aviation's Director of Engineering Systems, Don Eenigenburg.
A $1 million grant by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation,
along with a nearly equal amount infused by GE Aviation, helped to
renovate (for the second time in the past 5 years) and expand the
building. |
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State Representative Mike Lahti
spoke of the benefits and the support from the State of Michigan. |
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Also welcoming GE Aviation to
the Communities was Hancock Mayor Barry Givens. |
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Speaking on behalf of MTU was
President Glenn D. Mroz, who addressed the benefits for MTU and it's
students, a number of whom will work as interns and/or part time
employees, working on software development, verification and
validation, mechanical design, and hardware design, for the
aerospace industry. For more info:
http://www.mtecsmart.com/home.html |
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One view of the new third floor
workstation area. |
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Another view of the workstation
area. For more info on GE Aviation:
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And last, but not least, a
ribbon was cut, symbolically opening the new facility. GE Aviation
originally started operations in the Smart Zone facilities in the
Portage Campus building in Hancock. |
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