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INDEPENDENCE, KY. — Balluff Inc., a German automation supplier, is expanding its U.S. headquarters in Independence, located in northern Kentucky. The expansion will add 24 full-time jobs and the company will invest $6 million in the project. The U.S. headquarters now employs more than 150 people and has been based in Independence since 1983. The company expanded twice before, in 1994 and 2001. The company's new 48,000-square-foot building is scheduled for completion in March 2014. The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority preliminarily approved tax incentives up to $300,000 for the company through the Kentucky Business Investment program.