PORTAGE – When Graycor Industrial Constructors Inc. and Graycor Blasting Co. Inc. open in Portage later this year, the companies expect to become more active with key labor and business groups in the region.

            “While we have been active in these group for many years, being right there in Portage now, vs. an hour away in Homewood, Ill., means that we can be at more functions with people,” said Tom Muchesko, senior vice president for Graycor Industrial. “This will give us an even deeper understanding and insight into the specific needs of our key clients in Northwest Indiana.”

            When it opens this summer, the new Graycor building will have 44,000 square feet of office and operations support space on 10 acres of land in the Ameriplex at the Port business park. Among Graycor’s Northwest Indiana clients are Arcelor Mittal, BP, Northern Indiana Public Service Co., Praxair and U.S. Steel.