By noon Thursday, nearly 1,000 applications had been processed at a job fair for Zeeland-based Gentex Corp.
The event in Holland was scheduled to open at 10 a.m. Workers said because the line was getting so big, they had to open two hours earlier to allow everyone time.
The company said last week that it plans to hire more than 1,000 additional employees, following the announcement of a tax credit that will allow the manufacturer to expand.