Auto parts maker brings 250 jobs to Louisville

I’M JENNIFER BAYLISS AND AUTO PARTS MAKER IS OPENING. FACTORY RIGHT HERE IN LOUISVILLE AND BRINGING 250 NEW JOBS WITH IT. THAT’S RIGHT. TODAY’S RIBBON CUTTING AT PURIM AT EBERSPECKER IS THE LATEST SIGN OF KENTUCKY’S GROWING AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY OUR MARK VANDERHOFF HAS THE DETAILS THEY ARE HIRING HERE AT PURIM BY EBERSPACHER. THIS IS THEIR BRAND NEW FACILITY OFF GREENBELT HIGHWAY IN SOUTHWEST, JEFFERSON COUNTY. GOVERNOR ANDY BASHIR WAS AMONG THOSE AT THE RIBBON CUTTING WEDNESDAY MORNING THIS FACILITY IS RAMPING UP PRODUCTION NEXT MONTH AND CREATING 250 NEW JOBS THIS FURTHER CEMENTS KENTUCKY AS AN AUTOMOTIVE LEADER IF NOT THE AUTOMOTIVE LEADER THIS PURIM BY EBERSPECKER FACILITY WILL MAKE EMISSIONS AND NOISE CONTROL PARTS FOR CARS AND TRUCKS. I DON’T EVEN HAVE TO SPEAK ABOUT ALL THE ADVANTAGES LIKE CUSTOMER PROXIMITY MATURE INFRASTRUCTURE HIGH QUALIFIED WORKFORCE AVAILABILITY INVESTOR FRIENDLY CONDITIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. MANY OF THOSE PARTS WILL GO INTO WAS BEING MADE AT LOUISVILLE’S FORD PLANTS. HE HAS TO PLACE WHOEVER WILL PRODUCE MORE THAN ONE MILLION COMPONENTS A YEAR. TO SERVICE. OUR CUSTOMER MORE SUPPLIERS ARE EXPECTED TO COME TO KENTUCKY TO PROVIDE PARTS FOR FORD’S SIX BILLION DOLLAR ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY PLANT IN HARDIN COUNTY ENVISIONS EV BATTERY PLANT AND BOWLING GREEN AND TOYOTAS 460 MILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION AT ITS GEORGETOWN PLANT. THIS IS BE A BIG BENEFIT. KENTUCKY THESE BIG PLANTS WERE ANNOUNCING ARE GOING TO BRING EVEN MORE COMPANIES IN A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AHEAD. THE BASHIR ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY CURRENTLY EMPLOYEES MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE STATEWIDE AND MORE THAN 500 FACILITIES AUTOMOTIVE MAKERS LOVE KENTUCKY. IT’S OUR TRACK RECORD IN A GREAT LABOR FORCE IN LOW COST ELECTRICITY AND ULTIMATELY BEING ABLE TO BE CLOSER TO THE MANUFACTURERS THEMSELVES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. ALONE, THE SECTOR HAS ADDED 11,000 JOBS A

Auto parts maker brings 250 jobs to Louisville

Updated: 5:13 PM EDT Jul 27, 2022

An auto parts maker is bringing 250 jobs to Louisville with the opening of a new plant.Purem by Ebersprächer makes emissions and noise control products for cars and trucks. The new facility on Greenbelt Highway in southwest Jefferson County will supply Ford plants, said Ralf Maus, an executive with the company. “I don’t have to speak about all the advantages like customer proximity, mature infrastructure, highly qualified workforce availability, investor-friendly conditions, and things like that,” Maus said during a ribbon-cutting event on Wednesday at the new plant.The automotive industry employs more than 100,000 people in Kentucky, said Gov. Andy Beshear, who attended the event.In the last two years, three major new automotive plants or expansions have been announced, including:A $5.8 billion Ford electric vehicle battery plant in Hardin County.An Envision electric vehicle battery plant in Bowling Green.A $460 million expansion at Toyota’s Georgetown plant.”This is going to be a big benefit to Kentucky,” Beshear said. “These big plants we’re announcing are going to bring even more plants in. Lot of excitement ahead.”

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

An auto parts maker is bringing 250 jobs to Louisville with the opening of a new plant.

Purem by Ebersprächer makes emissions and noise control products for cars and trucks. The new facility on Greenbelt Highway in southwest Jefferson County will supply Ford plants, said Ralf Maus, an executive with the company.

“I don’t have to speak about all the advantages like customer proximity, mature infrastructure, highly qualified workforce availability, investor-friendly conditions, and things like that,” Maus said during a ribbon-cutting event on Wednesday at the new plant.

The automotive industry employs more than 100,000 people in Kentucky, said Gov. Andy Beshear, who attended the event.

In the last two years, three major new automotive plants or expansions have been announced, including:

• A $460 million expansion at Toyota’s Georgetown plant.

“This is going to be a big benefit to Kentucky,” Beshear said. “These big plants we’re announcing are going to bring even more plants in. Lot of excitement ahead.”