Tax Credits Help Open Door for New Attleboro Manufacturer

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has joined the City of Attleboro in opening the door for a window and door manufacturer to find a home in Attleboro, create new jobs and fill a vacant 128,000-square-foot facility. Stergis Aluminum Products Corp. will receive $242,000 worth of investment tax credits from the commonwealth’s Economic Assistance Coordinating Council.

The Stergis project is one of 16 being supported by the Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council through its Economic Development Incentive Program (EDIP). The projects are predicted to create more than 1,303 new jobs, retain 3,384 existing jobs and leverage more than $962 million in private investment.

Stergis Aluminum Products was founded in 1961. It manufactures custom windows and doors from aluminum and has had great success with explosion-roof windows for the military, and extremely thermal-efficient windows for which sales have really taken off.

They plan to move from a 40,000-square-foot facility in Walpole, MA, to the 128,000-square-foot former Kilmartin Industries facility at 79 Walton St. in Attleboro, where they plan to renovate and rehabilitate the facility. The move will allow the company to expand internal manufacturing of injection-molded components, and to add injection molding test laboratories, a machine shop and the ability for full recycling of all raw materials.

The site is spacious enough for the company to bring in-house various military contracts previously produced in its South Carolina facility. The project accounts for $4.2 million in private investment and will create 58 new full-time jobs and retain 50 full-time jobs in Massachusetts. 

The City of Attleboro has already supported the company’s move with a 20-year plan for approximately $260,000 in tax credits.

Back in December, company president Gus Stergis said, “The city has been good and the whole experience has been positive."

"It is a big win for the city," city Assessor Stan Nacewicz said at that time. "I'm a big advocate for him coming to the city and I see him as a good candidate for tax increment financing. It's a family-run business and the most successful businesses in this area today are family run."