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Offer sweetened to lure business

KraftMaid would get tax rebate to build Utah plant

KraftMaid Cabinetry said in February it would build a new West Jordan manufacturing facility that would ramp up to about 1,300 workers in four years. Work on the 700,000-square-foot, $106 million facility would likely begin this year, its top executive said, and state officials hailed the action as a feather in the state’s economic development hat.

Not so fast.

The Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development Board on Friday voted to boost the incentive to lure the operations to Utah — a surprising move to at least one board member.

"I thought it was a done deal, so I’m a little surprised to hear that it’s not a done deal," Clifford White said.

It seems the company is still considering New Mexico as a site, despite being awarded a $2.25 million grant from the Utah Industrial Assistance Fund in November and announcing Utah as the site in February.

"It’s still a very competitive situation," board member Mark Howell explained Friday.

By Brice Wallace
Deseret Morning News

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