Cobham PLC: Davenport expansion creates 65 jobs
- Release Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009
- Dateline (city): Davenport
- Contact: State of Iowa - European Office
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Carleton Life Support Systems (CLSS) Inc. will construct a 35,000 sq. ft addition to transition its air to air refueling business from California to its Davenport location.
CLSS was awarded $325,000 from the Community Economic Betterment Account (CEBA), plus tax benefits from the High Quality Jobs Creation (HQJC) program, to create 65 jobs. The $5.4 million capital investment will transfer manufacturing, design, business development and supporting functions of the business line to Iowa by September of 2009.
Owned by Britain’s Cobham PLC, Carleton Life Support Systems is a world leader in the application of gas separation technologies to aircraft.