FCC planning new Berne expansion

Decatur Daily Democrat:

The FCC (Adams) automotive supply company in Berne, fresh off a recent expansion project which created four times the number of jobs originally anticipated, is growing again.

Berne City Council on Monday evening approved 10-year tax abatements for real estate and new equipment for the Japanese-owned firm's second expansion in as many years at the Parr Road site.

The latest growth at the clutch assembly production plant will include $5.5 million in site improvements and the addition of $20.1 million in new manufacturing equipment, according to FCC administrations manager Elizabeth Daniels. Included in the project will be the construction of a 57,000 square-foot manufacturing facility, to be added to the west end of the existing factory, and the addition of a 22,000 square-foot parking lot capable of accommodating 100 vehicles.