Joseph S. Pete

Daifuku has completed a $35 million expansion of its Hobart factory.

The Japanese company makes industrial equipment for moving and storing goods at its plant at East 61st Avenue and Interstate 65 in the Northwind Crossings Business Park in Hobart. It built an additional 269,000 square feet onto its 322,000-square-foot building and doubled its production capacity to meet the growing demand for automation.

Daifuku plans to hire 141 more full-time workers with a payroll of more than $8.6 million. It employed about 125 construction workers to build the expansion.

Daifuku plans to start operations in the expanded facility at 6300 Northwind Parkway in October.

“We are aiming to further expand our global intralogistics business, and the United States is our largest growth mar

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