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Grupo Antolin Opens 148K Manufact. Center

KANSAS CITY—In this UPDATE, the Spanish automaker becomes just the latest overseas manufacturer to establish operations in this Midwest city.

By Brian J. Rogal | Updated on May 23, 2014

KANSAS CITY—The expansion and renovation of this metro area’s giant Ford and GM plants has set off a corresponding boom among auto suppliers here. And this week, the Spanish automotive supplier Grupo Antolin just became the latest foreign supplier to open a facility.

As reported last November in GlobeSt.com, the company will hire 118 workers over the next two years to staff the $18 million, 148,000 square-foot facility. It will house high-tech manufacturing equipment and produce customized headliners for Ford’s new Missouri-made Transit van. Grupo Antolin officials project that by 2016, all vehicles manufactured in Kansas City will feature headliners produced by this facility.

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