Truck Seat Factory Coming to Whitley County

An auto parts maker has announced plans to open a new plant near Columbia City. Integrated Manufacturing and Assembly plans to hire 260 employees in the next year. They’ll work in the former Superior Essex building along U-S 30 east of Columbia City. The company will build seats for new trucks that General Motors will build at its Allen County assembly plant. Company officials say production at the new seat factory could begin by this November. The company received three million dollars in tax credits from the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and 175-thousand dollars in training grants from the state.