Expansion means more jobs for Wallaceburg facility

Wallaceburg’s Rulmeca Canada Limited celebrated on Thursday, as they completed their new 22,000-square-foot plant expansion, representing a total investment of $5.5 million at the Mason Street manufacturing facility

The expansion is expected to result in new jobs over the next few years. Rulmeca currently employs 88 people.

Mark Long, the CEO for Rulmeca Canada, said the expansion took about a year to complete and is part of a strategic plan to service their customers and grow in North America.

“We anticipate we will be pushing 100 (employees) going into (quarter one) in 2019,” Long said.