BAE系统公司在韦尔德县购入13万平方英尺厂房扩产：满产时将提供约600个岗位
科罗拉多州州长贾里德·波利斯（Jared Polis）、副州长黛安·普里马韦拉（Dianne Primavera）与州经济发展与国际贸易办公室（OEDIT）近日宣布，航空航天、国防与安全企业 BAE 系统公司将扩大其在科罗拉多州韦尔德县的布局：公司已完成购入一座占地约13英亩、面积13万平方英尺的生产厂房，用于扩充天基硬件与传感器系统的产能。
BAE 系统公司预计在未来12至24个月内为新厂招聘200多名员工；满产时，该厂预计可提供约600个岗位，包括生产技术员、制造工程师、机械师、生产计划员、生产主管和供应链计划员等。
为支持此次扩张，科罗拉多州经济发展委员会批准了为期八年、最高约1118万美元的绩效型就业增长激励税收抵免；公司还可选择以八折比例将最高860万美元的已获激励转为可退还的 CHIPS 税收抵免。上述激励均以公司达到新增就业与薪资要求为前提。「机会当下」税收抵免计划另将支持公司采购530万美元设备，覆盖其中50%的可退还抵免。
州长波利斯表示，科罗拉多州在航空航天与先进制造领域居全国领先地位，BAE 系统公司的投资将为韦尔德县带来数百个高薪岗位，进一步巩固该州作为尖端技术与创新枢纽的地位。BAE 系统公司运营副总裁亚历克西斯·王（Alexis Wang）表示，公司期待以其在韦尔德县的首座设施扩大在科罗拉多州的生产能力，韦尔德县议员与州政府的支持是这项重要生产工作落户该州的关键。
公司计划在今年剩余时间里改造厂房并采购设备，预计2028年初投产。此前，BAE 系统公司曾同时考虑俄亥俄州与德克萨斯州作为扩张地点。韦尔德县新厂将与公司在博尔德、布鲁姆菲尔德和威斯敏斯特的现有厂区共同构成其在科罗拉多州的布局；该公司在全球拥有4.1万多名员工，其中近5000人在科罗拉多州。
BAE Systems Buys a 130,000-Square-Foot Weld County Plant for Expansion, With About 600 Jobs at Full Capacity
Governor Jared Polis, Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera, and the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) have announced that aerospace, defense and security company BAE Systems will expand in Weld County, Colorado. The company has closed on the purchase of a 130,000-square-foot production facility on approximately 13 acres, which will expand capacity for space-based hardware and sensor system production.
BAE Systems expects to hire more than 200 new employees to support production at the new facility over the next 12 to 24 months. At full capacity, the company estimates the plant could provide approximately 600 new jobs, including manufacturing technicians, manufacturing engineers, machinists, manufacturing planners, production supervisors and supply chain planners.
To support the expansion, the Colorado Economic Development Commission approved up to $11,184,835 in a performance-based Job Growth Incentive Tax Credit over an eight-year period. The commission also approved CHIPS refundable tax credits, under which the company may elect to receive up to $8.6 million of its earned incentives as refundable at 80 percent of their value. The incentives are contingent on the company meeting net new job creation and salary requirements. Separately, the Opportunity Now Tax Credit will support the purchase of $5.3 million in equipment with a refundable tax credit covering 50 percent of the cost.
"Colorado leads the nation in aerospace and advanced manufacturing, and we are thrilled to welcome BAE Systems' expansion in Weld County," said Governor Polis. "This investment will bring hundreds of good-paying jobs to Weld County and further solidify our state as a hub for cutting-edge technology and innovation." Alexis Wang, vice president of Operations for BAE Systems, said the company looks forward to expanding its production capabilities in Colorado with its first facility in Weld County, and that support from the Weld County Commissioners and the State of Colorado played a key role in locating the work in the state.
BAE Systems plans to begin retrofitting the facility and procuring equipment throughout the rest of the year, and anticipates opening the facility for production in early 2028. The company also considered Ohio and Texas for the expansion. The Weld County facility adds to its existing Colorado production sites in Boulder, Broomfield and Westminster; BAE Systems has more than 41,000 employees worldwide, nearly 5,000 of them in Colorado.
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