Four Manufacturers Awarded State Supply Chain Grants

Four Connecticut manufacturers were awarded $2.6 million in grants Oct. 28 through the Department of Economic and Community Development’s Strategic Supply Chain Initiative.

The $25 million grant program is intended to help supply chain companies in core industries expand and increase production capacity and encourage suppliers to bring operations to Connecticut. 

DECD officials say the four projects awarded funding this week are expected to generate $12.5 million in capital investment and create 83 new jobs.

“The marketplace response to this program continues to be very strong,” said DECD commissioner Dan O’Keefe.

“I am especially encouraged by the fact that so many businesses see growth opportunities in our state and are making new investments to meet the rising demand for their products.”

Grant Recipients

Grants were awarded for the following projects:

• Aerospace components manufacturer AeroBond Composites LLC was awarded $800,000 to support its $4 million relocation from Springfield, Massachusetts to a new 78,000-square-foot production facility in Enfield.
• Shelton-based Beta Shim was awarded $500,000 to support a $2.5 million, 12,000-square-foot expansion project.
• Colonial Coatings, a Milford company that produces coating applications for the aerospace, defense and power generation industries, was awarded $500,000 to support a $3 million investment in new equipment to expand production capacity.
• New London-based Sheffield Pharmaceuticals was awarded $800,000 to support a $3 million investment in in packaging and mixing systems to expand capacity and product lines.

Initial grants were previously awarded to Farmington-based TRUMPF and GKN Aerospace in Newington.