Milwaukee Tool is expanding its footprint with a vertically-integrated manufacturing plant in West Bend, Wis. The new facility will be located 20 minutes from the company’s global headquarters and will manufacture new-to-market hand tools for professional electricians and utility lineman.
“With a focus on core users in the electrical, plumbing, and mechanical trades, our strategy for hand tools from the beginning has been to disrupt the market with superior performance, quality, and user-driven feature sets,” Tim Albrecht, president of Hand Tools for Milwaukee Tool, said in a news release. “As we continue with that strategy, we are thrilled to invest in state-of-the-art technology and equipment, and a skilled labor force – right in the heart of Wisconsin – to deliver the next wave of hand tool innovation to the industry.”
The company invested approximately $26 million in the manufacturing facility and expects to break ground on the project in April. Milwaukee Tool expects mass production at the West Bend location to begin in early 2021.
Milwaukee Tool currently has manufacturing and distribution operations in Greenwood, Miss., Olive Branch, Miss., and Jackson, Miss., as well as in Mukwonago, Wis., and Sun Prairie, Wis. The Brookfield, Wis.-based company is planning to break ground on a power tool manufacturing and assembly plant in Cookeville, Tenn., an accessory manufacturing plant in Sun Prairie, Wis., and a distribution facility in Olive Branch, Miss., in 2020.
