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The company will new establish a state-of-the-art grain storage and distribution facility in Attalla, AL.
Koch
Foods will invest more than $50 million to establish a state-of-the-art
grain storage and distribution facility in Attalla, AL. The company’s
new poultry feed-mill will create 28 new jobs with an annual payroll of
$1 million. The 130-acre Etowah County facility, designed with
technologically advanced features for maximum efficiency, will have the
ability to hold more than 1 billion bushels of corn, served directly by
rail. It will support Koch Foods’ recently expanded processing plant in
nearby Gadsden.
“We are very excited about building one of the most
technologically innovative grain storage facilities in the world,” said
Matthew Herman, Koch senior vice president of Fresh Operations. “We
continue to expand our business in Alabama and are thankful for the
cooperative environment between business and government in the state to
get things accomplished.”
In 2018, Park Ridge, IL-based
Koch announced an $80 million expansion of its Gadsden plant as part of
a growth project involving 200 new jobs. That project adds a fourth
processing line to the facility, boosting production capacity and making
the Etowah County operation one of the largest poultry-processing
plants in the country.
“Koch Foods already has
significant operations in Alabama, and this new investment will magnify
the company’s economic impact on the state,” said Governor Kay Ivey.
“This project adds a robust new dimension to the industrial sector in
the state and permits us to strengthen our longstanding relationship
with a major employer.”
Koch employs more than 3,000
people in Alabama and works with hundreds of local businesses and
farmers at its four processing complexes in the state.
“We’re
excited that Koch Foods has chosen Attalla for this large, high-tech
facility. We are thankful to have 28 new, high-paying jobs in our
community, and this facility will build on the strong focus on industry
and innovation that are woven into the history of Attalla,” said Mayor
Larry Means. “In addition to the long-term operational jobs, there will
be over 200 people working to build the facility here in Attalla over
the next 18 months. The economic impact of construction alone will be
huge for the City of Attalla and all of Etowah County.”
Construction
is already under way at the site, and the facility is expected to
become operational in fall 2021. The company will start assembling a
management team in the first quarter of 2020 and will begin interviewing
prospective production workers in early 2021.
The Gadsden-Etowah Industrial Development Authority
team, the City of Attalla and key partners including Norfolk Southern
Railways joined forces to bring the project to fruition, said David
Hooks, executive director of the Gadsden-Etowah IDA.
“This
project qualifies for two of the industrial sectors the Gadsden-Etowah
Industrial Development Authority has targeted — Logistics and Food &
Farming,” said Hooks. “Locating this state-of-the-art facility will go a
long way in solidifying Etowah County’s position as a national leader
in both sectors.”
from BusinessFacilities.com