Mecosta County's economic base is growing and diversifying. Featured below are some of the industrial businesses located in Mecosta County that have added diversity and provided jobs for local people. These businesses established sites here because it made sound economic sense.

Big Rapids Components, a division of Haworth, Inc. located in the Big Rapids Industrial Park in 1995. Big Rapids Components manufactures office furniture and warehouses freight in a 400,000-square-foot facility. They employ more than 400 people.

QSX Transport (below) is located in the Mid State Industrial Park located in Morton Township. This transport company was established in 1997 for the purpose of transport and warehousing freight. They completed an expansion of their facility in 2001.

The Pioneer Group Printing Division is located in the Big Rapids Township Airport Industrial Park. Completed in 2000, this facility houses advanced printing presses that serve the printing needs of Pioneer Publications and customers in western Michigan.

Ice Mountain, a division of Nestle Waters North America, constructed their newest facility in Mecosta Township on 8 Mile Road just off of U.S. 131. In July of 2006 Ice Mountain completed the installation of all production lines planned for the facility resulting in an investment of approximately $200 million in our community and 240 jobs for local people in an advanced manufacturing environment.

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