(La Porte, IN) - A La Porte manufacturing company has been given an incentive to move forward with plans to expand its operations.  The La Porte City Council on Monday night granted a tax abatement on a close to $7 million dollar expansion proposed at B & B Manufacturing.

 

A projected 13 jobs would be added at the company, which now employs just over 100 people, said Eric Nelson, Workforce Development Coordinator at the La Porte Economic Advancement Partnership.  Nelson said plans call for 50,000 square feet of space to be added to the existing operation on Fail Road.

 

B & B Manufacturing is a longtime maker and distributor of timing belt pulleys roller chain sprockets, gears, idlers and other customs and standard made products for the power transmission and precision mechanical component industries.

 

“They’ve come to a point where they’re ready to expand,” he said.

 

B & B Manufacturing President Richard Talbert said major contractors locally are currently being asked to submit bids on the construction.  Construction will begin once a bid is accepted for the project.