Gov. Jim Doyle, D-Wis., has announced that the state is providing $45 million in recovery zone facility bonds to Energy Composites Corp. (ECC) to build a new plant in Wisconsin Rapids and create 600 jobs. Earlier this year, the governor signed into law S.B.440, which allows the state to maximize federal bonds to help fund projects that will create hundreds of jobs in Wisconsin.
ECC currently employs 67 workers and will use the bonds to build a 535,000 square-foot wind blade manufacturing plant and add up to 600 new workers. The new plant will be designed to produce blades up to 65 meters in length.
SOURCE: Office of Gov. Jim Doyle Â
