State’s Automotive Industry Expands Again

A new automotive manufacturing company is coming to West Virginia and should create as many as 100 new jobs. K.S. of West Virginia will invest $10 million in the new plant, which will sit next to the K.S. plant in Ravenswood. Workers at the new plant will stamp small- to medium-sized precision parts out of metal, and weld and assemble parts for the automotive industry. Construction on the new building should start soon and the new facility should open next spring. U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, (R-W.Va.), helped secure a $1.5 million grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture to extend the water and sewer lines to the new facility. The Silverton sewer line extension also will bring these utilities to people who live in that area. Plans for the new company were solidified during a recent trip to Japan led by Gov. Joe Manchin and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.