Recent Announcements & Expansions
2012 Announcements:
- Agero - $8.2 million investment, 500 jobs
2011 Announcements:
- Air Gas - 14 jobs
- Praxair, Inc. - $25 million investment, 3 jobs
2011 Expansions:
- Furniture Connection - 25 jobs
- Bridgestone Metalpha, U.S.A. - $75 million expansion investment, 45 jobs
- Jostens - Purchased former Quad Graphics Building, $47 million expansion investment, 300 jobs
2009 Expansions:
- America Snuff Company, LLC - Purchased former Union Carbide site, $115 million investment, 20 jobs
- Akebono (ABMA, LLC) - Purchased Robert Bosch, LLC, $13.5 million investment, 300 jobs
2008 New Industries:
- Atlanta Hardwood Corporation - Purchased Averitt Lumber Company site, $6 million investment, 30+ jobs
- Avanti Corporation - Purchased Matteson-Hudson speculative building, $13 million investment, 30 jobs by end of 2nd year
- Hemlock Semiconductor - Purchased Commerce Park Megasite, $1.2 billion investment, 500 jobs
- Panattoni Development - Contracts have been signed on 215 acres in Corporate Business Park South, design includes 11 buildings with 100,000, 1 million SF each
- Sanderson Pipe - Had a June 2008 Grand Opening. They announced a $29 million investment with 60 jobs in 2006.
- Precision Printing - Became Spear USA in 2008.
2008 Expansions:
- Bosch - $35 million investment, 75 jobs
- Bridgestone Metalpha - $18 million investment, no new jobs
- Trane - $6 million investment
