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Strongsville is gaining a new industrial employer thanks to a Canadian aerospace company's decision to move some of its landing gear production from nearby Brooklyn.
Quebec-based Heroux-Devtek Inc., known locally as HDI Landing Gear, is in the process of preparing an existing, 60,000-square-foot building to house its operations in Strongsville, said Brent Painter, the suburb's economic development director.
Bill Brougher, vice president of HDI Landing Gear USA, said the Brooklyn operation has 36 employees who work in a leased plant just a bit smaller than the one the company bought in Strongsville at 15900 Foltz Parkway. They'll begin moving May 1 to the Strongsville plant, which will be fully operational 30 days later, he said.
Besides the benefit of owning its plant, HDI will have room to expand to 90,000 square feet to accommodate growth, Mr. Brougher said.
"This is a better space for our future plans," he said.
Those plans include focusing the Strongsville operation on finishing work, including polishing...