A company that makes gray iron castings may be looking to hire a number of workers with welding training experience after it announced it was expanding operations at its Auburn, Indiana, factory.
The Journal Gazette reports that Metal Technologies Auburn will invest $35 million in a building expansion and new equipment with plans to hire 42 new workers with a variety of skills ranging from entry-level to those with knowledge of skilled trades.
The company said that most of the new jobs will be added once it installs a melting furnace at the foundry as part of the expansion, which is expected to be completed in 2013. Company officials said wages for the new positions will average $35,700 per year.
Metal Technologies, which currently employs more than 200 workers, makes iron castings for the construction, automotive and appliance industry. The company said it is expanding because many customers recently have been placing more orders further into the future than in past years.
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