Musco Lighting is planning a $17 million expansion project that will create more jobs and help the company produce more lighting products in this community.
If all goes according to schedule, work on constructing a new 94,000-square-foot fabrication and warehouse building at Musco’s 2107 Stewart Road facility will start in June and be complete next summer. The expansion will help the company add 25 new jobs in the next few years. Also, the project will increase the company’s fabrication capacity and set Musco Lighting up for more potential growth, according to information from Musco.
The company designs and manufactures sports lighting, transportation and infrastructure lighting. Musco is a “leader in sports and large area lighting” and has many international, national and local customers, according to the company. The Muscatine City Council received a brief presentation on the company’s latest expansion project on Tuesday, May 12, during an in-depth council meeting at Muscatine City Hall.
“We are looking forward and seeing growth ahead. … This planned expansion represents our continued commitment to the community,” Nick Dehner, director of manufacturing for Musco’s operations in Muscatine, said during that presentation on the expansion project.
The Musco Lighting leader spent much of Tuesday’s presentation highlighting the benefits of the new expansion project, which will center on the construction of the massive fabrication and warehouse building. That investment will be $15 million for the building, plus another $2.5 million in equipment.
The new building, to be constructed on the company’s nearly 57-acre site, will have office areas, a storm shelter, loading docks, dust collection and climate control for the company’s employees, such as welders. “All of our welding will happen in an air-conditioned environment. … It’s going to be such a dramatic improvement,” he told the council.
The building will be home for the final phase of fabrication operations and create a place for potential future growth, according to information from Musco.
The project, which has been in the planning stages for the past three to five years, is being built because of business growth at Musco. But that growth isn’t coming from one particular customer.
