Expansion

Summit Packaging Systems, LLC – a global leader in the manufacturing of aerosol actuators and valves – proposes to add a 77,000 SF expansion to its current Racine facility, which would create an estimated 145 jobs.

Opened in 1966, the Nestlé plant at 637 S. Pine St., Burlington, makes candy bars, but soon will shift to producing refrigerated cookie dough as part of a $70 million expansion and retooling.

This year, Jellystone Resort in Caledonia was named the “Resort of the Year” by the Jellystone franchise. This award is given to one location per year and the Jellystone franchise is especially happy about the expansion and projects Jellystone Caledonia has completed the past couple of years to aid in the client’s demands for the park.

Hillwood, a national investment and development company, expanded their footprint in Racine County purchasing a 19-acre parcel, where they recently celebrated the groundbreaking of what will be a 247,105 SF industrial speculative building.

Linda and Eli Bracha, owners of Wis-Tek, CPT and Green Tek, saw the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 504 program as an opportunity to purchase equipment, renovate their current Janesville facility and expand to an additional location, near Clinton.