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NEW TENANT, 45 JOBS COMING TO MIDWEST INDUSTRIAL PARK

(Richmond, IN)--The Midwest Industrial Park in Richmond has landed its tenth tenant.  On Tuesday, the EDC of Wayne County announced that a company called Liberation Labs will construct a facility on a 36-acre tract of land in the park.  Liberation Labs is a fermentation manufacturer.  The new facility will be the first commercial-scale precision fermentation plant in the country.  The project will represent a $115 million investment that will create 45 new jobs.  Groundbreaking is expected to take place sometime this spring.