Eaton announces $18.5M expansion of Orchard Park aerospace plant

Eaton (ETN) announced the expansion of its Orchard Park, N.Y., facility to support growing demand for the aerospace mission systems solutions manufactured at the site. “The $18.5M investment will significantly increase production capacity to serve growing demand by military defense, commercial aerospace and space customers and add 77 skilled manufacturing jobs to the community,” the company stated. “The expansion in Orchard Park will allow us to keep up with the military’s growing demand on key defense programs. We will now expand actuation technology currently used exclusively by the U.S. Air Force to the U.S. Navy by significantly increasing our production capacity,” said Kevin McKeown, senior vice president and general manager, Mission Systems, for Eaton’s Aerospace Group. “Our investment in Orchard Park will ensure the site can serve defense, space and commercial aerospace customers well into the future.”