Diamond Electric Manufacturing won a contract with Ford Motor Company and what they will be producing could end up in a vehicle you might drive in the future.

Diamond Electric uses hundreds of miles of wire a month to make ignition coils for Toyota, Chrysler and Subaru engines.

In September of 2010, they'll be adding ignition coils to Ford's ecoboost engines.

It's a new engine technology that touts up to 20-percent better fuel economy, 15-percent fewer carbon dioxide emissions and better driving performance.

And it's the kind of technology the Governor is pushing for in West Virginia.

"We'll be able to stabilize not only our employment base we have there now, when most have been downsizing in the automotive, ours has stabilized and we're going to see a tremendous growth pattern 'cause I think it's going to grow bigger and bigger." says Governor Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.

Ford earlier this year rolled out it's 2010 Taurus equipped with the ecoboost engine.

Those ignition coils produced at Diamond Electric in Eleanor will be used in a lot of the small passenger vehicles made by Ford in North America as well as Ford vehicles made in Europe.

By 2012, the Putnam county plant will be making about 2-million parts a year for them.

Diamond Electric's spokesman says the plant in Eleanor was chosen because of its reputation for experience and winning quality and service awards.

The company had suffered along with the auto industry during the economic downturn, but spokesman Gene Bialy says this is a turning point for Diamond Electric -- turning it in the right direction.

The plant currently has about 120 employees...down from a high of 200.

The Ford contract could eventually create up to 55 additional jobs at the Putnam county plant.