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Automotive Company to Expand Livonia HQ by 94,000SF
May 13, 2008

TRW Automotive has announced plans to expand its North American headquarters in Livonia, Mich., at a cost of $14.2 million. The company will develop a new 94,000-square-foot facility at its four-building complex on Tech Center Dr., with plans to wrap up construction by January of next year. TRW is expanding operations elsewhere, as well, having announced last month its intention to invest over $27 million in a new 300,000-square-foot facility at its manufacturing plant in Lafayette, Ind.

 
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