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Remington Arms, a division of Freedom Group Inc., announced today that it would expand operations at its Ilion, N.Y. facility, creating 100 new jobs and investing $5.9 million in capital improvements to its buildings, equipment and machinery there. The growth is credited to the relocation of Freedom Group’s Marlin Firearms manufacturing facilities following the closure of their North Haven, Conn. plant earlier this year.
The Remington facilities at Ilion are 194 years old and the largest employer in the area. The last relocation of manufacturing to Ilion occured in 2008, with Remington transferring 600 of the then 715 positions