By: Eric Dietrich
Among the key drivers of that growth was last year's announcement that German industrial equipment company VACOM had chosen Lewistown as the site for its first U.S. manufacturing center, a development that the company has said could create 200 jobs in the 6,000-person city as soon as 2027. Montana Free Press spoke with VACOM Montana General Manager Marcel Klessen, who relocated his family to Lewistown earlier this summer, about the company's plans and how it hopes to fit its operation into the rural Montana community. Our conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity.