Breyden Products Expands Indiana HQ

Breyden Products Inc., a manufacturer of lacing tapes, twines, and yarns for the military and aerospace industries, plans to expand its headquarters in Columbia City, Ind., creating up to 23 new jobs by 2016.

 

Founded in 1991, Breyden Products are used to secure and protect wire harnesses in electrical systems for aerospace clients such as Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Rolls-Royce, General Electric, Daimler-Chrysler Aerospace, and British Aerospace. The company also makes products used in the electric motor and transformer industries.

 

The company, which relocated its headquarters to Indiana from Hesperia, Calif., in 2004, will invest $2.2 million to purchase and equip a 35,000ft² facility on six acres in Whitley County. The expansion, which will be complete by the end of the year, will allow Breyden Products to expand production while maintaining its existing Columbia City facility.

 

Breyden, which currently employs nearly 40 in Columbia City, plans to begin hiring for manufacturing positions by the end of the year.

 

The Indiana Economic Development Corp. offered Breyden Products Inc. up to $100,000 in conditional tax credits and up to $25,500 in training grants based on the company's job creation plans. Whitley County approved additional tax abatement at the request of the Whitley County Economic Development Corp.