Clarcor relocates head office, consolidates in Indiana.

GOVERNOR Mitch Daniels joined executives from air filter maker Clarcor Air Filtration Products to announce the company's plans to consolidate its Midwest manufacturing operations, bringing 425 new jobs and the company's corporate headquarters to the southeast Indiana city.

The company, which manufactures filters for office buildings, industrial plants, laboratories and pharmaceutical facilities under the brands of Purolator, Air Technologies, Airguard Industries and ATI, will invest $8.5 million to lease and equip a 450,000-sq-ft headquarters, manufacturing and distribution center that is currently under construction in the city's River Ridge Commerce Center. "Clarcor joins a growing list of companies who have made the choice to grow in Indiana. With our low cost of doing business, quality workforce and unmatched infrastructure, Indiana is becoming the location of choice for businesses throughout the Midwest and around the world," said Daniels. A subsidiary of Tennessee-based global filtration company Clarcor, Clarcor Air Filtration Products will consolidate its Louisville, Ky headquarters and distribution center along with its Jeffersontown, Ky and its New Albany, manufacturing operations into the new center in 2009 following the construction of the new facility. The company plans to begin hiring managers, labourers, warehouse specialists, maintenance technicians and clerical staff ahead of the completion of the facility. "Geographically and demographically, Southern Indiana offered an ideal location for growing our business while providing our customers and employees a state of the art manufacturing complex and headquarters," said Kevin Bush, senior vice president of operations for Clarcor Air Filtration Products. "This location provides the current and future needs and resources we envision for Clarcor Air." The Indiana Economic Development Corporation offered Clarcor Air Filtration Products up to $3.587 million in performance-based tax credits and up to $200,000 in training grants based on the company's job creation plans. The city of Jeffersonville will provide the company with property tax abatement as part of the Urban Enterprise Zone at the River Ridge Commerce Center. "The City of Jeffersonville is elated Clarcor chose Jeffersonville as the location for this retention and expansion project. By remaining in the region, Clarcor can keep its existing workforce while simultaneously creating new jobs and new capital. Jeffersonville is especially grateful to Mayor Doug England of New Albany for appreciating and supporting this growth in Jeffersonville," said Jeffersonville Mayor Tom Galligan. Clarcor Air Filtration Products is one of the world's foremost manufacturers of air filtration products for the commercial, industrial, institutional and residential markets. The company's products can be found improving the quality of air around the world in hospitals, homes, museums, sports arenas and many more facilities where clean air is needed.

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