Production Engineering is a hometown success story.

"We established the company in 1974 in Jackson County with myself and just a few others, with just a few pieces of equipment," explains the company's president Jim Jansen.

Since then, the manufacturer has grown to 112 employees-- but when Jansen wanted to expand, tax roadblocks in Michigan had him looking to Indiana.

"We were ready to go," he says.

But Jansen says he won't be crossing state-lines any time soon.

Thanks to new legislation, he's keeping these jobs not just in-state, but in town-- moving into the old Goodyear warehouse in Jackson.

"We had a great offer we would've had to take if it weren't for this legislation going through," Jansen says.

Prior law only gave tax credit for new jobs, explains State Senator Mark Schauer, (D) Battle Creek. Now companies like Production Engineering get tax credits for retaining existing jobs too.

"Without these incentives, they probably would've chosen to go somewhere else," Schauer says.

Adrian smith, General Manager of brake manufacturer Brembo North America, was also debating moving his plant from Homer in Calhoun County to Mexico or North Carolina; he too will now stay.

"I would hope a lot more come and a lot more have confidence in Michigan," Smith says.

"Lots of things are made, and they have to be made somewhere-- they might as well be made here," Jansen says.

Those are words from a man who wants to see his company-- and his state-- do well.