Polaris Industries to Build New Production Facility in Huntsville, Alabama
Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII), a leader in the design and manufacture of off-road vehicles, has announced plans to build a new production facility in Huntsville, Alabama.
The 600,000 square-foot facility, to be constructed on a 453-acre site, will focus on off-road vehicle production.
Polaris noted that the facility will have multiple assembly lines “providing flexibility to quickly replenish demand and support continued product innovations.”
The plant will support several core processes including, vehicle assembly, chassis and body painting, welding, fabrication and injection molding. At full capacity, the site will employ at least 1,700 people.
Polaris will break ground on the Huntsville facility in the first quarter of 2015 with completion slated for early in the second quarter of 2016. Production will begin shortly thereafter.
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