7/11/2013 1:38:00 AM
NEWS BRIEF

Key Fasteners Corporation is nearly doubling its 82,500 sq ft Indiana plant with a $1.6 million expansion. Key also will install $8 million in equipment.

Key supplies fasteners to Honda and other automakers.

Key, a subsidiary of Sato Rashi Co. Inc. of Japan, manufactures fasteners used in engines, frames, brakes and fuel systems.

The 39,000 sq ft, $1.6 million addition will allow Sato Rashi to transfer some production from Japan to the U.S. 

The Berne, IN, city council approved $57 million in tax breaks for three Berne employers for equipment and building expansion.

“We’re fortunate,” executive vice president John Johnston told Journal Gazette reporter Sherry Slater. “We’re very busy.”

Key – headed by president Yoshio Jiganu and vice president Elaine Twigg – employs 87 and will add 10 workers at a median salary of $37,400 over the next two years.

Founded in 1987, Key is located at 525 Kay Way Dr., Berne, IN 46711-1259. Tel: 260 589-2626 Email: help@keyfasteners.com Web: keyfasteners.com ©2013 GlobalFastenerNews.com