Taft served as legal counsel to Yamaha Marine Precision Propellers Inc. (YPPI) in connection with the acquisition and future development of its new production site in Greenfield, Ind. On July 8, YPPI broke ground on a new 54,000 square foot manufacturing facility on five of 28 acres. The company expects to add 30 new jobs and increase total manufacturing output by 67 percent. Construction of the new facility is expected to be complete mid 2020. Read the release here.

Taft partner Jim Butz served as lead counsel for YPPI and was assisted by Andrew Kleiman, Chelsea Spickelmier, Nicholas Mollmann and Michelle Hubbard.