Another local industry has launched an expansion.

According to sources with knowledge of the company, Boysen plans to spend about $6 million to expand operations at its Cherokee Corporate Park plant. The expansion is expected to generate about 20 new jobs.

Boysen supplies exhaust systems for BMW.

The Ledger reported Monday that Milliken has begun work on a 16,210-square-foot expansion to its Blacksburg operations facility. The building will house a new plating process, according to the latest local homebuilders report. The textile maker plans to invest $1.2 million in the building itself, Cherokee County Building Official Chuck Bobo said.

Another company, ammunitions maker DSE Inc., is planning a 7,000-square-foot expansion that will add jobs — maybe as many as 100 — to its workforce, Bobo said.