ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — A Western New York company that makes products for astronauts to survive in space and more is now spreading its wings.

The worldwide Eaton Inc. firm is investing in its very busy Missions Systems Plant in Orchard Park with a major new expansion and a larger workforce as well.

Construction crews were busy outside with an $18.5 million factory addition to provide an extra 50,000 square feet for its production space.

And the 450 employees of the Eaton Incorporated Mission Systems Plant were busy inside with their sophisticated manufacturing process to turn out various gas control valves and devices for the aerospace and defense industries as a supplier to prime contractors like Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

The heritage of the firm in actually on display in the lobby as

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