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Volume 54, Number 191 830-379-2234
T h e Vo i c e of Seguin To d a y
City, company breaks ground on $64 million project CSP bringing 200 new jobs to Seguin Zaffarini says that this is a great day for Seguin.
By Darren Dunn (Seguin) -- A $64 million project that will bring 200 new jobs to Seguin is now officially under construction. State and local leaders were on hand Tuesday for the groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new Continental Structural Plastics (CSP) plant. CSP's CEO Steve Rooney says they are thrilled to be building their first facility in Texas. "This facility is being built to address anticipated future demand for our automotive and heavy truck products. We feel we are very well strategically located to support our key customers going forward. We along with our parent company Teijin are investing at least $65 million to build this 200,000 square foot facility including all the internal program capital required and manufactured products. For employment, we'll have as many as 200 people here both in engineering and manufacturing organizations creating world class advance and positive components," said Rooney. State Senator Judith Zaffarini, who represents Seguin and Guadalupe County, addressed the crowd on Tuesday morning.
"This beautiful dynamic city so close to so many other parts of Texas including my hometown of Laredo, Texas but a place where there is definitely skilled workforce. A place where there is so many educational opportunities including Texas Lutheran University and a place where there are so many people who unite for the better good. We believe that Seguin is the perfect place for those reasons and more but we are especially proud to welcome a good neighbor, a new company in town who has a reputation and a record of more than 50 years for having committed to corporate responsibility, for being committed to environmental protection and certainly committed to having well paying jobs and for this, we are so appreciative," said Zaffirini. The state was a key part of making this project happen. State Representative John Kuempel, of Seguin, says everyone involved worked hard to make this a reality, and now the city of Seguin and the state of Texas both will benefit from this major investment. "What a proud and exciting day it is to the city of Seguin, Guadalupe County. We
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thank ya'll for what ya'll have done, CSP, choosing this facility knowing that this community will come together and work with you as a partner going forward. As we grow, we need these jobs and we appreciate everything ya'll have done," said Kuempel. Josh Schneuker, the executive director of the Seguin Economic Development Corporation (SEDC), was the local driving force behind the project. Schneuker says they spent approximately 11 months working with CSP and the state. He says the collaboration on this project really made a difference. "I can't stress enough how important collaboration is and how important working as a team is because we can not have landed this project in the state of Texas and in the city of Seguin without working together and the support of not only my staff by our board of directors, city council, the Guadalupe County Commissioners, the state of Texas, Senator Zaffarini, your office, Representative Kuempel, your office -- everybody played such an instru- State Senator Judith Zaffarini was on hand for Tuesday's mental role in helping recruit this project groundbreaking ceremony for the new Continental Structural Plastics Plant to Seguin. Zaffarini thanked the to Seguin," said Schneuker.
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