SECO/WARWICK Group in Vernon Township, Pa., is expanding its manufacturing capacity with a $4.1 million project that will add 25 new jobs to the area. The new facility for the industrial furnace maker is being supported by a $2 million grant through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.
As part of the project, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) is providing a $2 million state redevelopment assistance grant to SECO/WARWICK through the Economic Progress Alliance of Crawford County (EPACC), the county’s lead economic development agency.
The grant will pay building and infrastructure upgrades that the Economic Progress Allliance of Crawford County needs to make at its Crawford Business Park to accommodate a 100,000-square-foot expansion.
The expansion is expected to be completed in June 2025 and will add industrial furnace assembly operation sin Meadville, says Piotr Zawistowski, president of SECO/VACUUM and managing director of SECO/WARWICK Corp. It will require installation of upgraded electrical service and other infrastructure plus a 20-ton overhead crane. The project will also include a research and development and testing area for furnaces, reports The Meadville Tribune.
The company makes industrial furnaces used by several manufacturing industries. It also builds the electronic control panels needed to operate the furnaces it makes. Currently there are 48 employees in the Meadville area and the expansion project initially is expected to add 25 jobs.
The expansion is part of strategy to better serve North American customers, Slawomir Wozniak, SECO/WARWICK Group’s chief executive officer, said during a news conference at Crawford Business Park. He added that the U.S.-North American market generates 40 percent of SECO/WARWICK’s revenue.