On Monday, officials gathered to announce that Mitsubishi Power Systems (MPSA) will locate a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility near Savannah, ultimately creating 500 jobs and investing $325 million. The facility will be on the megasite originally slated for the Diamler Chrysler facility.
Governor Sonny Perdue and MPSA Senior Vice President Dave Walsh made the announcement at the plant’s ground-breaking today on the Georgia megasite in Pooler.
The facility significantly boosts the next-generation energy solutions developed by one of Georgia’s most strategic industries. MPSA President and CEO Koji Hasegawa, who attended the ground-breaking, remarked, “We are especially thankful for the support provided to us by Governor Perdue and his economic development staff, the Savannah Economic Development Authority, Georgia Power and countless other agencies and officials who joined forces to make Georgia and Savannah an extremely attractive site for our project.”
Mitsubishi Power Systems, Inc. (MPS) is a subsidiary company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
MHI, a diversified Fortune “Global 150” company that generates more than $25 billion in annual revenues and employs more than 40,000 people worldwide.