Mercury Racing breaks ground on plant expansion

Mercury Racing has held a ground-breaking ceremony for its manufacturing operations plant expansion in Wisconsin, USA.

The firm, a division of Brunswick Corporation, says the new plant will help meet global customer demand for the company’s high-performance marine propulsion systems.

The two-phase construction project will add 40,000 square feet of manufacturing operations space to the southwest corner of the existing Fond du Lac facility and expand the current propeller shop by 8,000 square feet (743 sqm) on the north side of the building. The project will bring the racing facility to nearly 150,000 square feet (13,935 sqm).

“Racing is an integral part of the long-range strategy for Mercury,” says Chris Drees, Mercury Marine president. “This facility expansion gives us room to grow, bolsters our ability to meet the demand for innovative new products and demonstrates our continued commitment to the Fond du Lac community.”

The expansion follows several recent product launches for Mercury Racing, including the 300R outboard, featuring an exclusive Advanced MidSection (AMS), and the 200 APX and 360 APX circuit racing engines. Racing also formed a partnership with the E1 Competition Racing Series, the world’s first electric powerboating championship. 

E1 is based in Europe and developing a battery electric powered hydro foiling vessel, of which Mercury Racing is the official propulsion and propeller partner.

“As our business continues to grow and our line of luxury sport products expands, this project meets our need for more space to develop new technology and innovations that excel in high performance, competition and beyond,” says Stuart Halley, general manager for Racing.

Construction of the manufacturing operations space is expected to be finished by April 2023, with the propeller shop completed by October 2023.