Commerce taps Brenda Tuck as first rural development manager
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Greg Canfield, secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce, today announced that Brenda Tuck has been hired as the department’s first rural development manager to assist rural counties and communities better compete for job-creating projects. Tuck previously served in Commerce’s Workforce Development Division as Regional Workforce Council Liaison, working closely with the…
Georgia-Pacific to invest $120 million in Choctaw County mill
NAHEOLA, Alabama — Georgia-Pacific today announced plans to invest more than $120 million to add a new tissue machine and roll storage building at its mill in Choctaw County, the latest substantial investment in the facility. The new projects continue Atlanta-based Georgia-Pacific’s modernization of the Naheola mill, which includes ongoing construction of a new biomass boiler…
Ag equipment maker AGCO expands in Alabama with 50 jobs at new line
BREMEN, Alabama – Agricultural equipment manufacturer AGCO Corp. announced plans today to invest $5.7 million to relocate production of its Farmer Automatic Aviary Systems to Cullman County as part of a project that will create 50 jobs. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey joined company officials and local leaders at AGCO’s facility in unincorporated Bremen for a…
GD Copper USA to add 40 jobs at Wilcox County manufacturing facility
PINE HILL, Alabama — GD Copper USA announced plans today to invest $3.5 million in its Alabama precision copper products manufacturing facility and create between 30 and 40 new jobs in Wilcox County. GD Copper USA, which operates a $100 million plant in the Thomasville/West Wilcox Industrial Park, said the new jobs will push total…
Commerce creating specialist post to assist rural Alabama on projects
The Alabama Department of Commerce is adding a rural development manager to work with rural communities and counties across the state to enhance their competitiveness in the economic development process and better prepare them for projects. Greg Canfield, secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce, said he hopes to have the newly created position filled…
Homecoming: Wickles Pickles returning production to Alabama
BRUNDIDGE, Alabama — Wickles Pickles, the tangy Southern treats produced by a pair of Alabama-born brothers, are returning to their roots. Sims Food Inc., the company behind the popular pickles that are sold across the U.S., is moving production from North Carolina back to Alabama. By the end of the year, Will and Trey Sims…
Westervelt Co. plans Clarke County lumber mill with 125 jobs
MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Governor Kay Ivey and officials of Tuscaloosa-based Westervelt Co. today announced that the company will build a new lumber mill in Clarke County, creating 125 jobs. The 134-year-old Alabama company is expanding its wood products manufacturing business through the construction of the new facility, which will produce Southern yellow pine lumber. The…
New Alabama lumber manufacturing facility will create 110 jobs
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Governor Kay Ivey announced today that Rex Lumber Co. plans to build a state-of-the-art lumber manufacturing facility in Pike County, creating more than 110 jobs and providing a significant economic boost to the region’s forest products industry. Rex Lumber projects the total capital cost of the new sawmill to be $110 million,…
International Paper to boost investment in Alabama mill to $522.7 million
SELMA, Alabama – Memphis, Tennessee-based International Paper (IP) plans to increase a planned investment in its Riverdale Mill in Dallas County to $552.7 million as it optimizes the facility’s product mix and boosts productivity. In September 2017, IP announced plans to invest around $300 million at the Selma plant as part of a strategic plan…
John Soules Foods launches Alabama expansion creating 510 jobs
VALLEY, Alabama — Texas-based John Soules Foods announced plans for a production facility in Chambers County with a three-phase project that involves a total investment of $110 million and the creation of 510 jobs. John Soules Foods said it has completed the purchase of a 266,000-square-foot facility in Valley for its new Alabama operation. During…
