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Amway expansion plans
Posted: 05.24.2012 at 7:28 AM
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The development in Kent County's Ada Township, outside Grand Rapids, could add 200 jobs.

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ADA TWP. -- Direct-sales giant Amway Corp. plans to spend up to $81 million to build a new facility in West Michigan to produce nutritional products.

MLive.com, The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press report the company on Wednesday got approval for $1.6 million related to the project from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. The development in Kent County's Ada Township, outside Grand Rapids, could add 200 jobs.

The project is part of a broader $180 million investment to expand manufacturing and processing capacity for vitamin, mineral and dietary supplements.

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