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The company said that Jeff Eckhoff, executive director of the Minnehaha County Economic Development Association and local Brandon city and development officials were pivotal in site selection, providing incentive packages and aggressively supporting the new South Dakota manufacturing plant.

“Our team has been working closely with the economic development organizations in the Sioux Falls and Abilene areas,” said Paul Smith, with the Tower Tech implementation team, “and the experiences have been very rewarding. Whenever we ran into an issue, they went the extra mile to find solutions. The support during this process was excellent, and we look forward to long-standing and mutually-beneficial relationships with these communities.”

Each facility is expected to initially employ more than 150 workers, with significant expansion options available. Both sites also have direct rail access, ample tower storage and the most modern tower production equipment available in the marketplace. Both plants will begin production by early 2009.