Auto supplier to open $10.4M facility near Birmingham

MCCALLA, Ala. (AP) _ A Spain-based automotive supplier plans to build a manufacturing facility in Jefferson County that will create 150 jobs.

Media outlets report that the governor’s office announced Tuesday that Grupo Antolin plans to invest nearly $10.4 million in the facility, which will be located at the Jefferson Metropolitan Park in McCalla. Antolin Alabama Inc. will begin construction this month.

According to a statement from the governor’s office, workers at the facility will make around $19.13 an hour.

Grupo Antolin designs and manufactures interior components for automakers, including doors, seats, lighting fixtures, cockpits and trim.

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