Adrian Steel invests $43.4m to expand Michigan operations and create 40 jobs

4 articles · Updated · Fox News · Apr 30

The project adds a 112,000-square-foot facility in southeast Michigan, the company's biggest expansion since 1953, with up to $228,750 in state tax incentives.
The White House linked the move to President Donald Trump's revised steel, aluminium and copper tariffs, while Governor Gretchen Whitmer said Michigan had helped secure the investment.
The announcement highlighted a political clash over tariffs' economic effects, after Whitmer recently argued they raised costs and hurt Michigan industry despite the state's growing steel manufacturing.

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