Military footwear demand prompts Wolverine project

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BIG RAPIDS, Mich.—Wolverine Worldwide has broken ground on a 16,000-sq.-ft. expansion at its Big Rapids plant, both to meet demand from its military footwear contracts and expand Wolverine's presence in Michigan, according to the company. The expansion, which adds a raw materials receiving warehouse to Wolverine's Big Rapids complex, will increase the size of the plant to about 96,000 square feet, Wolverine said. It also will add about 20 jobs to the operation, for a total of more than 600 employees at Big Rapids, the company said.