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Audio equipment producer Clarion Corporation of America is locating its North American manufacturing support and distribution operations center in Walton, Ky. near Cincinnati.
The company will break ground in June 1997 on a 90,000-square-foot expansion at its Walton manufacturing plant. The expanded facility will house the scheduling and production control group for all North American manufacturing as well as additional distribution capabilities.
The project will allow Clarion to include distribution, administration, engineering and quality control under one roof. It also will allow for the establishment of a national procurement center.
The company expects to hire approximately 75 new employees when the new facility is completed in late 1998. The company is also investing in the new facility.
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