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To satisfy growing demands of the automotive and home appliance industries in 1971, Attwood added new painting facilities including masking, spraying, and over baking capabilities. Attwood also kept pace with the booming boat industry in the seventies, with the addition of 20,000 square feet the next year and another 97,000 square feet in 1973, to house new automated steel-plating line and plastic injection molding operation. The Grand Rapids foundry was closed in the mid-1970's.