DN -- Massive expansion of a life sciences research company in the Kalamazoo area, expected to create 3,300 jobs over the next five to seven years, won a state tax break Tuesday morning. The Michigan Economic Growth Authority (MEGA) board unanimously approved an $86 million high-tech tax credit to MPI Research Inc. over 15 years to expand its campus in Mattawan and employ 400 new workers in downtown Kalamazoo. The downtown move could begin in late summer and the expansion in Mattawan, which is about 10 miles west of Kalamazoo, is ongoing, company officials said.
