ATHENS – An Ohio-based company has selected Athens, Alabama, for a new manufacturing campus.
Gregory Industries will invest $30 million and build a 325,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility on the 83 acres in the Elm Industrial Park. The development will create 100 manufacturing, maintenance, and supervision jobs. Gregory Industries manufactures highway safety, metal framing channels, tubing, and other roll form steel products.
According to the company, when the new campus goes online, it will expand the company’s regional
manufacturing capability and allow the company to grow and serve its customers in the southeastern United States and surrounding regions faster and more cost-effectively.
“We’re very excited at the prospect of creating more jobs, and more business in Northern Alabama,” said Gregory Industries CEO Matt Gregory. “We are grateful to the City of Athens and Limestone County for welcoming us and we are looking forward to a long and mutually beneficial partnership.”
The company hopes to start construction in March 2022 and begin operations in the fall of 2022.
QUOTES:
Mayor Ronnie Marks
Athens Mayor Ronnie Marks
“This investment in Athens will provide a variety of jobs from manufacturing to maintenance work to supervisor positions. With all the growth our area is experiencing, this investment by Gregory Industries will also help provide products needed for highway safety projects. Working together as a team from the city, utilities, the county, and LCEDA allows us to successfully win projects.”
Collin Daly Commission Chairman
Limestone County Commission Chairman Collin Daly
“We are excited for this new $30 million investment in our county, that will create 100 manufacturing, maintenance, and supervisor jobs. Our county continues to be blessed with growth, and we would like to thank Gregory Industries for believing in us, and selecting us for their new location, that will manufacturer highway safety, metal framing channels, tubing, and other roll form steel products. This project has been a strong partnership, from day one, between Gregory Industries, Limestone County, and the City of Athens. We welcome Gregory Industries to our Limestone County family and look forward to being a part of their future success.”
LCEDA President & CEO Bethany Shockney
Limestone County Economic Development Association President & CEO Bethany Shockney
“This is yet another example of our growing and diverse industry base. Gregory Industries has been great to work with and we welcome them to our Limestone County family.”
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