Dhake Industries begins work on Plymouth office expansion

More new economy jobs are heading to Metro Detroit now that one of its companies is expanding its office space.

Dhake Industries is renovating and expanding its global headquarters on the 15100 block of Northville Road in Plymouth. Plymouth-based DeMattia Group is renovating the existing building and building a 2-story addition. The extra space will add about one-third of the space it already leases.

"It's enough to make a sizable marketing area for them to showcase their products," says Michele Liotino, marketing manager for DeMattia Group.

The renovated and additional space will be used for engineering, research and development, quality assurance and application laboratories. It will facilitate an expansion of the company, but Liotino declined to say how much or how many jobs would be created. She did say that Dhake Industries sees the current economic decline as an opportunity to position itself for future growth.

"They're taking advantage of the opportunity right now to build so they have all of the products in line and ready to go," Liotino says.

Dhake Industries, founded in 1979, is a supplier of specialty coatings for engineered plastics and a minority owned company.

Source: Michele Liotino, marketing manager for DeMattia Group
Writer: Jon Zemke
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