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Knorr Brake to add 200 jobs to Westminster facility (Maryland)
The Baltimore Sun ^ | May 25, 2017 | Carrie Wells

Posted on 05/26/2017 11:15:04 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Westminster-based Knorr Brake Co., which makes brakes, doors and HVAC systems for mass-transit rail lines, will add 200 new jobs over the next six years, the Maryland Department of Commerce announced Thursday.

The company will add 30,000 square feet of space to its facility at the Westminster Technology Park, investing $2.2 million. The company built its facility there in 2013.

The Maryland Department of Commerce will provide a $700,000 conditional loan through the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority and Fund to help the company expand.

Knorr Brake currently has 280 full-time employees....

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News
KEYWORDS: infrastructure; jobs; maryland; masstransit; publictransport; publictransportation; rail; transit; transportation; westminster

1 posted on 05/26/2017 11:15:04 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...

Jobs for choo choos.

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


2 posted on 05/26/2017 12:34:03 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (April 2006 Message from Dan http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thanks for the job posting.

I’ve applied before to this very plant, and (as usual) been ignored.


3 posted on 05/26/2017 1:26:58 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Breaking news: The Democrat controlled Maryland legislature is going into a special session to increase the taxes on Knorr Brake Company in order to make it to expensive to operate in Maryland and drive it to another state with lower taxes. (sarcasm, but may come true.)


4 posted on 05/26/2017 3:05:53 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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