A manufacturer of automotive fasteners recently broke ground on an expansion in Columbus, Indiana, that will increase the company’s manufacturing operations, which include heat treat capabilities for improved strength and hardness, and allow it to produce a broader range of metal fasteners.
OSR Inc. is a joint venture between Nagoya, Japan-based Owari Precise Products Co. Ltd and Columbus-based Rightway Fasteners Inc. (RFI). Under the plan, OSR will construct and equip a new 82,395-square-foot manufacturing facility.
Photo credit/caption: Kenny Canfield, from left, vice president of sales and marketing for OSR Inc., Tom Dowd, executive vice president of Dunlap General and Mechanical Contractors, Jason Hester, president of the Greater Columbus Economic Development Corp., Koji Hyodo, president of OSR Inc. parent company Owari Precise Products Co. Ltd., Columbus Mayor Jim Lienhoop, Jim Staton, vice president of business development for the Indiana Economic Development Corp., and OSR Inc. President Makoto Inagaki take part in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new multi-million dollar OSR Inc. facility in Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, March 5, 2019. / Mike Wolanin | The Republic
