TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WKBW) — Hwa Fong Rubber has announced its intent to purchase the former Sumitomo Rubber facility and property in the Town of Tonawanda.

According to a spokesperson, the company plans to transform the site into an active industrial park, initially named "HF Tonawanda Industrial Park," for various future uses across manufacturing, assembly, logistics, and technology business operations.

"The site will become home to a dynamic mix of local, national, and international company operations, while ensuring a robust reuse of the longstanding, and important, regional industrial site," a release says.

The company said prospective operators within the park will include automotive-related manufacturing in rubber products, wheel parts, transmissions, chassis, and other compo

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