Arctic Cat to invest $27 million in Minnesota operations

Arctic Cat Inc., Minneapolis, has announced plans to invest nearly $27 million in its manufacturing facilities in Thief River Falls and St. Cloud, Minn.

The company will invest about $26 million in its Thief River Falls facility for a new paint line and other facility improvements that are estimated to create 39 jobs. The paint line will enable continued growth in the company’s recreational off-highway vehicle (ROV) business. In St. Cloud, the company plans to invest roughly $400,000 in expanded assembly capability that is anticipated to add about 10 positions at its engine manufacturing facility located there. The 56,000-sq.-ft facility manufactures and assembles ATV and snowmobile engines.