While Etowah County’s unemployment rate increased in June, prospects are better for jobs in the future, McCain said three new or expanding industries are building facilities opening here later this year or sometime next year. Another industrial prospect will visit …
Company To Expand Its Gadsden Plant
Prince Metal Stampings USA Inc. is planning an expansion to one of its two plants in Gadsden Airport Industrial Park, Mayor Sherman Guyton announced at Tuesday’s Gadsden City Council meeting. Guyton said the expansion will enable the company, which is …
Gadsden Ranked On New Forbes List
Gadsden ranked as one of the 2010 Best Small Places for Businesses and Careers by Forbes. The City of Champions came in at No. 121 on the list that included the top 184 smaller metros. “No city can be the …
United Casework Bringing Jobs To City
A new company locating in Gadsden will mean about 80 new jobs, city and company officials said Tuesday. United Casework will be housed in the former Custom Panel/Expressions Cabinetry building on Thomas Drive off Alabama Highway 77 and will produce …
New Jobs Coming To Gadsden
Alabama’s first Tier 1 supplier for Volkswagen is opening this year in Gadsden and bringing more than 100 jobs with it, Mayor Sherman Guyton announced Tuesday morning. Germany-based Fehrer Automotive has signed a long-term lease for the former Advance Auto …
Industry Should Have Good Start In 2010
While there were no new major industrial announcements here in 2009, two industrial expansions announced earlier were completed this year. And 2010 should get off to a good start, with an announcement expected soon concerning an industry locating at the …
Getting Ready For 2010
The economic slowdown and tight credit market in 2009 had an impact on at least three local industrial projects, Mike McCain, executive director of the Gadsden Etowah Industrial Development Authority, said. “Nationwide project activity in 2009 was at an all-time …
IDA: Demand For Expansion Will Come Soon
The current drop in economic development activity means “pent up” demand for industrial expansion in the future, Mike McCain, executive director of the Gadsden-Etowah Industrial Development Authority, told the Gadsden City Council last week. And when that times comes, McCain …
Officials: Keystone Saves, Brings Jobs
With the hum of large earth-moving equipment in the background a “ground-breaking” ceremony for the new Keystone Foods plant today showed the project was way beyond the usual gold-painted shovels usually used for such occasions. The 184,000-square-foot plant at the …
Incentives Approved By Council
The Gadsden City Council Tuesday approved a tax incentive package for a new business that officials said will create jobs and improve health care. The council approved sales and use tax exemptions and non-education ad valorem tax exemptions for S&H …