Why this project qualifies
With 140 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears AFT's 100-permanent-job threshold (AFT includes any project meeting $100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.
View full methodology →Why it matters
The industrial machinery & equipment context.
Industrial Machinery & Equipment tracks qualifying U.S. factories producing machinery, automation systems and industrial equipment used in manufacturing, construction, agriculture, mining, material handling and infrastructure. Automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding and electrical-grid equipment remain in their dedicated AFT industries.
Project record
At a glance
- Company
- Mayville Engineering Company (MEC)
- Industry
- Industrial Machinery & Equipment
- Location
- Thomson, Georgia
- Investment
- $26.0M
- Permanent jobs announced
- 140
- Status
- Announced
- Announced
- Oct 1, 2026
- Opening timeline
- Not yet announced
- Added to tracker
- Oct 6, 2026
Sources
Official references
- Office of the Governor of Georgia: Gov. Kemp: MEC plans approximately 140 new jobs in Thomson https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2026-10-01/gov-kemp-mec-plans-approximately-140-new-jobs-thomson
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