By Rhoda Miel, Plastics News
Frankfort, Kentucky - Japanese auto supplier Hayashi Telempu Co. Ltd will invest $10.7 million to open its newest facility in North America in Frankfort, Kentucky.
The plant will employ 103 people and begin operations by September 2014, state officials said in a March 26 news release.
Production will launch with interior carpet, state officials said, but could expand for other parts later. Hayashi Telempu, based in Nagoya, also makes moulded interior and exterior auto parts, including some urethane products, such as sound absorbers, headliners and package trays.
The US subsidiary Hayashi Telempu North America Inc. is based in Plymouth, Michigan, and has operations in Ohio, Alabama, Texas and Ontario.
