Kosciusko County Council approved Thursday a tax abatement for Torrent Engineering and Equipment, which plans an expansion worth over $2 million.

The Milford maker of snow and irrigation machinery plans to buy a piece of light industrial property and invest $565,000 in renovations to an existing structure there. The company also will build a new 11,000-square-foot building and buy $170,000 worth of new equipment, attorney Randy Morgan told council.

The expansion will grow the number of employees from nine to 21 over a period of three years, with a payroll increase from $500,000 to $1.5 million.

Council approved a five-year phased-in abatement on personal property and 10-year abatement on real estate.