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Survival life rafts are shown under construction in this image from a Wing Group video about its North Jacksonville plant.Survival life rafts are shown under construction in this image from a Wing Group video about its North Jacksonville plant.
Survival life rafts are shown under construction in this image from a Wing Group video about its North Jacksonville plant. | The Wing Group

Manufacturer comes to Jax to build rafts and military gear

By Karen Brune Mathis - Jacksonville Daily Record
Published on October 4, 2023 at 1:39 pm
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A California-based manufacturer of military and commercial survival equipment has taken over a closed North Jacksonville plant.

The Wing Group moved two manufacturing subsidiaries to Jacksonville’s former Merita bread plant.

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There, the company is making survival gear for NASA, SpaceX, the military and commercial and retail customers.

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