Farmington manufacturing company expanding facilities, adding jobs

An employee-owned manufacturing company based in Farmington is building a new production facility and will add at least 100 jobs as it looks to expand its clean energy business.

Mott Corp.’s new 65,000square-foot facility currently under construction on Spring Lane is expected to be operational by sometime during the first quarter of next year, according to company officials. Once it is operational, the facility will allow Mott to quadruple its production capacity of ultrathin, porous metal sheets, which are a key component in the generation of green hydrogen.

Mott produces filtration and flow control equipment for companies in the semiconductor, aerospace and healthcare industries, in addition to the work it does for clean energy clients. Boris Levin, Mott’s chief executive officer, said the company plans to invest tens of millions of dollars in the coming years in its clean energy business, a figure that includes the cost of the new building and new equipment for it as well as the hiring of new workers.

“This investment will bolster

Connecticut’s role as a home for innovation in clean energy, one of the fastest-growing industries there is,” Levin said. Global demand for hydrogen is expected to increase fivefold by 2050, he said, but less than 5 percent of the world’s hydrogen is produced in a sustainable manner.

Levin said being an employee-owned company allows Mott to recruit the best talent possible. The company currently employs about 350 people.

Gov. Ned Lamont visited the company Wednesday. Lamont said Mott is “helping lead Connecticut’s

growth as an advanced manufacturing hub and creating jobs for our communities.”

The company was founded in 1959 by Lambert “Bud” Mott. Thirty-four years later, the company was sold to former United Technologies Corp. Chief Executive Harry Gray and his business partner Roger Klene.

Gray died in 2009, but three years before his death, he converted the company into an employee-owned business.

Contributed photo Boris Levin, chief executive officer of the Mott Corp., talks about the company’s expansion plans during a news conference Wednesday at the company’s Farmington headquarters.