McKeesport site of fluid power company expansion

By Mon Valley Independent

By JEFF STITT

jstitt@yourmvi.com

Preparing for the future of nuclear energy — that’s what a local company and The Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania are working with McKeesport elected officials to do.

RIDC announced Thursday that R.A. Hiller Company, a wholly owned Weir Valve & Controls USA Inc. subsidiary located in Export, Pa., has signed a lease for the entirety of Manor III, a 12,500-square foot building at RIDC’s Industrial Center of McKeesport, and is planning to be moved into the space by the end of November.

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