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A Swiss-based firm specializing in automotive electronics and lighting is quietly setting up its North American headquarters in Windsor and pledging to create 148 jobs — including high-tech research and development positions — within five years.

“You have to use your imagination,” Mariusz Olszowik, the launch manager for APAG Elektronik Corp.’s Windsor operation, said Tuesday as he gave The Star a tour of the former Fed Ex building on Rhodes Drive. With an $11-million investment, it’s being transformed into a pristinely clean facility for the development and production of electronic components.

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Hiring has already started with software, hardware and production engineers already at work in the building’s front office.

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Once the facility is going full bore with 148 staff, managing director Anand Kanoria said he expects there will be 15 staff in the R&D department, 30 to 40 in product administration and the remainder production workers and operators. New hires are being brought in, such as machine engineers, quality control, logistics and procurement experts. The company has already lined up business from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Cadillac.