{"id":1397,"date":"2021-01-11T06:52:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T11:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovativepixel.com\/IGIN\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1397"},"modified":"2021-12-21T17:12:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T22:12:37","slug":"briggs-stratton-announces-9-4-million-expansion","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/innovativepixel.com\/IGIN\/news\/briggs-stratton-announces-9-4-million-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Briggs &#038; Stratton announces $9.4M expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Milwaukee-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.briggsandstratton.com\/na\/en_us\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Briggs &amp; Stratton<\/a> will develop a $9.4 million expansion at its Auburn, Alabama, facility. The building project is expected to create 35 new jobs during the next year, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/business\/2021\/01\/briggs-stratton-announces-94-million-auburn-expansion-to-hire-35.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> on al.com.<\/p>\n<p>Briggs &amp; Stratton remains one of the largest manufacturing employers in East Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter emerging from Chapter 11 restructuring as a new company with a new owner and a new CEO, Briggs &amp; Stratton has a new beginning, and we are looking forward to 2021 with high expectations,\u201d says Plant Manager Erick Rodriguez in the article. \u201cWe are confident that we will continue to achieve success here in Auburn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Phillip Dunlap, director of the city of Auburn\u2019s economic development department, says Briggs &amp; Stratton&#8217;s expansion announcement is not only a good sign for the local economy, but an important indicator that the area has successfully weathered the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last quarterly survey of our industries combined showed that Auburn\u2019s employment numbers have recovered and have even surpassed those of the pre-COVID-19 period,\u201d Dunlap says in the article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the largest manufacturing employers in East Alabama, Briggs &#038; Stratton&#8217;s building project is expected to create 35 new jobs during the next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":1398,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","main-categories":[25,32],"class_list":["post-1397","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","main-categories-business","main-categories-equipment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.8 (Yoast SEO v17.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Briggs &amp; Stratton announces $9.4M expansion - Irrigation &amp; Lighting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Briggs &amp; Stratton will develop a $9.4 million expansion at its Auburn, Alabama, facility. 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