Paul Doyle says the decision to close
GHSP's manufacturing facility in Troy was a bittersweet one. But the need to increase efficiencies and continue the company's foray into the evolving
mechatronics trend is necessary to bring future growth and jobs to the company.
GHSP produces electro-mechanical controls for surface transportation vehicles, and the closure of the Troy facility will bring about 70 manufacturing jobs to Grand Haven.
"A couple of things are going on," GHSP president and CEO Doyle says. "One is that our products in the past have been separated between mechanical and electronic, with some based in steel, some based in plastics. Vehicles in surface transportation have been seeing more and more integration of all these. We can now locate them all in one building and maximize efficiencies."
The second change is that as the trend toward electric vehicles continues, manufacturers need non-engine-related products and components to be more electronic in nature.
As a result, the new jobs are associated with electronics manufacturing, including electronic boards, assembly, component placement and soldering. GHSP will provide worker training for all of the positions, ranging from training by equipment manufacturers to the use of community educational resources and in-house trainers.
"The real win is that it isn't just the jobs moved here," Doyle says, "but the jobs that will be created because of the new direction."
Source: Paul Doyle, GHSP
Deborah Johnson Wood is development news editor for Rapid Growth Media. She can be contacted at [email protected].
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