Carhartt chooses Dearborn over Kentucky, Mexico for 125 new jobs: Here's why

[marmar]

(Detroit Free Press) Dearborn-based apparel firm Carhartt plans to hire up to 125 more workers in Dearborn with an average $43 hourly wage, rather than in Kentucky or Mexico, with help from a recently approved state grant.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday that Carhartt has been approved for a $937,500 performance-based grant from the Michigan Business Development Program to assist with an anticipated $4.65 million capital investment at its Dearborn campus, which is expected to result in the new hiring.

The grant was approved last week by the Michigan Strategic Fund.

Carhartt had told economic development officials that, absent the nearly $1 million in grant assistance, it may have hired those new positions not in Dearborn but rather at its IT service center offices in Mexico or distribution center in Hanson, Kentucky, or Supply Chain Administration office in Irvine, Kentucky. The firm also considered making the new positions fully remote. ...............(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2022/12/19/carhartt-dearborn-expansion-michigan/69740768007/

[Walleye]

1. These are great products. I have a jacket and pair of pants from them that have lasted for years

[2naSalit]

2. That stuff is...

Official Montana wear, most everyone has that brand pants and jackets, bibs and everything else they make.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Carhartt jackets are an investment.

I have replaced many a zipper in these jackets. I can see how well made these are and worth getting the zippers replaced. Good news indeed.

[ratchiweenie]

4. They make great work and outdoor clothing. Glad they'll be in Michigan, not Mexico.

[Jilly_in_VA]

5. Good for them

My SIL wanted some work overalls for Christmas (he climbs cell towers for a living) and I was going to go to Tractor Supply and get him some Carhartt, but then Duluth had a huge sale on their Firehose ones....or I would have.