116 new jobs for Muskegon County

LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) - A company planning to make concrete floor and wall tiles plans to add 116 jobs in Muksegon County after state tax credits were approved Tuesday morning.

PolyCem, LLC, would add the jobs in Norton Shores over five years. The company, formerly headquartered in Grand Haven, is moving manufacturing from Mississippi.

The types of jobs that will be available include chemical engineers, mechanical engineers, process engineers, printer operators and line workers.

PolyCem purchased some of the technology of Stonecraft, LLC, a company that filed for bankruptcy in Mississippi in 2003. Company president Jameson Goorman told 24 Hour News 8 the new company has different ownership but some of the same staff. He said the new company should be able to succeed where the other didn't because of better engineering.

Goorman said the talent base in West Michigan is unlike any other in the country.