SGL Automotive Fibers Project
Updated May 2011
NAICS: 335900- Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing
Employment: 80
Annual Payroll: $3,638,400
| Top occupations in the Basic Chemical Manufacturing industry |
| SOC |
Occupation |
% of Industry
|
Average Yearly Salary
|
| 51-2092 |
Team assemblers |
11.33%
|
$29,720
|
| 51-2022 |
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
9.91%
|
$28,850
|
| 51-1011 |
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
3.46%
|
$54,640
|
| 51-9061 |
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
2.99%
|
$33,590
|
| 49-9042 |
Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1.84%
|
$42,250
|
| 17-2112 |
Industrial engineers |
1.84%
|
$73,080
|
| 51-4041 |
Machinists |
1.81%
|
$36,480
|
| 43-5071 |
Shipping, receiving and traffic clerks |
1.79%
|
$30,160
|
| 51-4072 |
Molding, coremaking and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal, and plastic |
1.79%
|
$31,920
|
| 53-7062 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
1.77%
|
$29,260
|
Project Summary
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SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers, LLC is a joint venture between SGL Carbon and BMW Auto. The joint venture was formed to manufacture carbon fiber for use in the chassis of BMW's Megacity Vehicle.
The facility will be constructed just east of the Grant County International Airport and the first phase will employ 80 people. Several thousand tons of carbon fiber will be manufactured each year at the facility.
Construction began in July of 2010.
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Press Conference
April 2010
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Ground Breaking July 2010
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August 2010
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September 2010
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October 2010
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