Westfield — Bastian Solutions, a Toyota-owned company, announced plans Monday to build here an $8 million, 90,000-square foot manufacturing facility with 87 jobs.

Gov. Eric Holcomb and Mayor Andy Cook joined company executives to make the announcement at the plant's future site near 196th Street and U.S. 31. Bastian Solutions, a subsidiary of Japan-based Toyota Industries Corp., will break ground in November and plans to ship its first products by June. The company makes conveyor systems and other automation products.

Holcomb said he talked with Toyota officials about the possibility of building the plant during his economic development trip to Japan last month. The Indiana Economic Development Corp. has offered the company $1 million in tax credits and up to $88,750 in training grants, based on the job creation plans. The jobs will be filled by 2020, according to the company.

Westfield also will consider a 10-year tax abatement.

"We're so glad you've chosen Indiana; as a global company you could have gone anywhere," Holcomb said. "That's not lost on us as you worked your way through the decision-making process on where best to locate and grow this wonderful company."

Holcomb said that Westfield, a city of about 37,000 north of Carmel, has been putting itself on the map recently. He alluded to the 400-acre Grand Park sports campus, where the Indianapolis Colts recently announced they will begin holding training camp next year.

"Westfield used to be a field to the west," he joked, "and it certainly has become one of the best places in the country .. to work, to live and to play and ultimately, we hope, to stay."

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Bastian Solutions will build in Westfield's Aurora development, a 314-acre project with industrial, retail, office and residential zoning. Cook said it's one of the few spots in Hamilton County with industrial zoning.

He also credited the expansion of U.S. 31 into an interstate-style highway and the reputation of Westfield-Washington Schools for landing the company.

"We have been able to put together a place here in the center of Indiana where people and families will want to come. That results in a workforce, and I think that's a big reason why we're having this kind of investment."

Bastian Solutions will be manufacturing conveyor systems and industrial control panels at the facility, plus some overflow from a plant in Greenfield. The company automates distribution and manufacturing facilities by engineering conveyor and sortation equipment, as well as controls, software and robotics.

Founded in 1952 and based in Indianapolis, the company has 600 associates worldwide, including 200 at locations in Evansville, Fort Wayne and Greenfield.

"We are excited to be a part of this community and to contribute to the Westfield community," Bill Bastian said.

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