{"id":1249955,"date":"2023-08-08T16:49:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T21:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1249955"},"modified":"2023-08-09T20:57:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T01:57:34","slug":"eaton-facility-expansion-hopes-to-create-over-200-new-jobs-in-nacogdoches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1249955","title":{"rendered":"Eaton facility expansion hopes to create over 200 new jobs in Nacogdoches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/eatonlogo_format-200x113.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1249956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/eatonlogo_format-200x113.webp 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/eatonlogo_format-550x310.webp 550w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/eatonlogo_format-175x98.webp 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/eatonlogo_format-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/eatonlogo_format.webp 876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>NACOGDOCHES \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Tuesday that Eaton Corporation will be expanding their manufacturing facility for voltage regulators, Cooper Power Systems LLC, an Eaton Corporation PLC subsidiary, in Nacogdoches, according to our news partners at KETK.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Eaton is making a $100 million investment to expand our Nacogdoches, Texas operations and respond to the unprecedented need for critical power distribution infrastructure to support electrification, grid modernization, and resilience,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Eaton Senior Vice President Guillaume Laur said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The investment doubles Eaton\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s production capacity of voltage regulators and three-phase transformers. The strong labor market and partnership with the Nacogdoches community helped guide our decision to invest here and continue our decades-long commitment to manufacturing in East Texas.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Laur said the project is expected to create about 218 jobs in the community with their Eaton team in Nacogdoches planning to grow to more than 625. When fully operational, the expanded facility will have more than $500 million in annual economic impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Today marks an exciting milestone for Nacogdoches as we celebrate Eaton Corporation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s decision to expand its existing facility here, bringing with it the promise of more than 200 new jobs for our talented workforce,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Nacogdoches Mayor Randy Johnson said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This expansion not only demonstrates Eaton\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s confidence in our city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s potential but also reaffirms their commitment to our community. We are proud to be the chosen destination for this significant growth and to serve such an important role in securing our nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s electrical grid.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>A Texas enterprise grant of $1,962,000 has been extended to Eaton\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Cooper Power Systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Eaton Corporation for continuing to invest in Nacogdoches for the last fifty years,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Johnson said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Together, we will forge a brighter future, fostering innovation, prosperity, and a stronger, more vibrant city for all.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NACOGDOCHES \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Tuesday that Eaton Corporation will be expanding their manufacturing facility for voltage regulators, Cooper Power Systems LLC, an Eaton Corporation PLC subsidiary, in Nacogdoches, according to our news partners at KETK. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Eaton is making a $100 million investment to expand our Nacogdoches, Texas operations and respond to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1249955\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eaton facility expansion hopes to create over 200 new jobs in Nacogdoches<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1249959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/eatonlogo_format-200x113.webp","fifu_image_alt":"Eaton facility expansion hopes to create over 200 new jobs in Nacogdoches","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1249955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 03:26:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/eatonlogo_format-200x113.webp","fifu_image_alt":"Eaton facility expansion hopes to create over 200 new jobs in Nacogdoches","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1249955"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1249961,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249955\/revisions\/1249961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1249959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1249955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1249955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1249955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}