Automotive Industries

Issue: Jul 2012

FORTECH Products Is Expanding Its Operations In Michigan

by Jon Knox

FORTECH Products, Inc., a major provider of corrosion-resistant coatings, metal-forming lubricants and contract packaging services for the auto industry, is expanding its production, laboratory and office facilities in Michigan.

The company recently moved into a new 80,000-square-foot headquarters on a 27-acre tract in Brighton, Mich., nearly tripling its production capacity, adding 25 percent more warehouse space, increasing product storage capacity by 75,000 gallons and further expanding its full-service research-and-development laboratories.

Creighton Forester, FORTECH's CEO and president, notes that the new facilities are designed to meet rapidly growing customer demand for the company's products and services.

"FORTECH sales have grown by more than 25 percent in the last 12 months alone," Forester reports. "In the months ahead, we also expect to see significant increases in our sales of corrosion-resistant coatings and the...