RELOCATIONS & EXPANSIONS

ALABAMA

Hyundai Supplier Building Plant in Prattville

Venture Industries will construct a $100 million plant in Prattville to produce dashboards, body panels and front-end systems for Hyundai's new plant in neighboring Montgomery. Venture is building a 670,000-square-foot plant that will eventually employ 600 workers. Venture is based in Michigan.

South Korean Auto Supplier Lands in Alexander City

Samlip Industrial, a manufacturer of automotive lighting parts, has announced it is building a 130,000-square-foot plant in Alexander City. The company will supply the Hyundai assembly plant currently under construction near Montgomery. The company will employ 400 once production begins in the fall of 2004.

Hyundai Supplier Building $70 Million Plant in Greenville

Another Hyundai supplier has announced a facility in Alabama. Hwashin, a South Korean manufacturer of chassis and other auto body parts, is investing $70 million and creating 400 new jobs in rural Greenville, Ala. Greenville is located on Interstate 65 south of Montgomery, site of the massive Hyundai assembly plant currently being built.

Primary Supplier for Hyundai Chooses Enterprise

Officers of HS R&A Co., Ltd., headquartered in Yangsan, Korea, have selected Enterprise for a new multi-million dollar manufacturing facility. HS R&A, Korea's leading manufacturer of rubber products for the automotive industry, is a primary supplier for Hyundai Motor Company. The company will locate its plant in Yancey Parker Industrial Park, and will create 350 new jobs.

Mando Corp. to Invest $30 Million in Opelika

Mando Corp. is expanding its global presence with the announcement in April of their first North American manufacturing facility that will be built in Opelika, Ala. The automotive supplier makes braking, suspension and steering systems and will supply the Hyundai assembly plant being built near Montgomery. The company is investing $30 million and will hire 150 associates when fully operational.

Hyundai Supplier Project Lands in Fort Deposit

A joint-venture supplier project with Sejong Industrial Co. of Korea and ArvinMeritor will create 100 new jobs in a new $10 million manufacturing facility in Fort Deposit. Construction on the plant is expected to take a year. The project will supply automotive parts for the Hyundai assembly plant.

Foreign Oil & Gas Company Investing $20M in Mobile

Aker Kvaerner, a Norwegian offshore oil and gas equipment company is building a new plant in Mobile that will house 50 workers. The company has chosen a former Navy base site on Mobile Bay.

ARKANSAS

Gerber Investing $65 Million in Plant

Gerber Products is expanding its baby food facility in Fort Smith, Ark. The New Jersey-based company is investing $65 million in the expansion, which will convert the plant's packaging production to plastic. No details were given in terms of additional jobs. The company employs 600 at the facility.

Food Packager Announces Plant in Rogers

Cryovac, one of the world's largest makers of food packaging, is building a 165,000-square-foot facility in Rogers, Ark. The plant will make shrink film that can be converted to food packaging. The company will employ about 100 when operational, which should be in early 2004. A Cryovac spokesperson said Arkansas was chosen over three other states.

Trailer Company Opening in Conway

Interstate Group announced in the spring it would begin manufacturing cargo trailers in Conway. The Phoenix-based company will be housed in several buildings at the former Spirit Homes facility. The company expects to hire 100 at full production.

FLORIDA

Citibank to Stay, Expand in Jacksonville

Officials with Citibank have decided to stay in Jacksonville and nix a move to Birmingham. The financial services giant will invest $90 million on Jacksonville's Southside for a new credit card operation and technology center. Citibank will add at least 400 jobs to its current workforce of 3,400 in Jacksonville. Plans call for 500,000 square feet of office space to be constructed during the expansion.

Lease Signed in Orlando Central Park

SDE Logistics has leased a 200,000-square-foot bulk warehouse in Orlando Central Park. The company is a startup provider of logistics and warehousing. SDE signed a five-year lease at an aggregate rent of $2.5 million, which makes it the largest deal so far this year in the Orlando area.

Plastics Company Lands in Osceola County

P.R. Manufacturing, a plastics manufacturer that makes tools and molds for a variety of products, is moving into the Poinciana Industrial Park in Poinciana, Fla. The company will hire 60 in the move.

Customer Contact Center Expands in Crestview

N.E.W. Customer Service Companies, one of the nation's leading providers of extended service contracts and buyer protection programs, has completed the expansion of its contact center in Crestview, Fla. Crestview is located in the Florida Panhandle. The expansion will create 160 new jobs for a total of 460 workers housed in the newly expanded facility.

GEORGIA

New York Life Picks Atlanta

New York Life has selected Atlanta for a new corporate data center. The mutual insurance company based in New York City, looked at Charlotte and Dallas before selecting metro Atlanta. The insurance carrier is moving into a 95,000-square-foot facility that was designed to be a BellSouth Entertainment data center. New York Life will increase the size to 135,000 square feet. The company is investing $100 million in the project and will employ 140.

Automotive Supplier Expands Plant in Lavonia

Kautex-Textron, a plastics manufacturer that makes automotive fuel tank systems and windshield wiper reservoirs, is adding 100 new employees and investing over $10 million at its plant in Lavonia, Ga. The company is doubling the size of its facility to 160,000 square feet because of new contracts signed with DaimlerChrysler, Mitsubishi and General Motors.

Langboard Expands Quitman Mill

Langboard OSB is investing $70 million in its strand board plant in Quitman, Ga. Strand board is used as panels for walls and floors and typically is produced in nine-foot panels. The new expansion will add a new production line at the Quitman plant that will make eight-foot strand board panels.

Level 3 Communications Moving 300 Jobs to Atlanta

Level 3 Communications, which recently purchased competitor Genuity, will close an Internet operations facility in Woburn, Mass. and move it to Atlanta. Level 3 plans to relocate more than 300 people from Woburn, Dallas and London to downtown Atlanta. Most of the employees will work in the former downtown Macy's store.

Counter, Display Company Building Facility

Leeman Architectural Woodwork, a maker of custom checkout counters and displays for retailers such as Circuit City, Borders Books and The Home Depot, has announced plans to build a 350,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility in Powder Springs near Atlanta. The move consolidates three other Leeman facilities. The company is expected to hire 350 workers in the deal.

Primerica Signs Lease for Printing Plant

Primerica Financial Services, a division of CitiGroup, leases 112,500 square feet at Lawrenceville, Ga.'s Progress Distribution Center III. The company signed a 15-year lease. Primerica plans to use the facility for printing and distribution of financial materials. No job totals were given.

RV Builder Expands in Fitzgerald

Coachmen Recreational Vehicle Co. is buying a 100,000-square-foot building in Fitzgerald, Ga., located near Albany. The RV maker will manufacture travel trailers and fifth wheel rec vehicles. Fifty employees will work at the plant.

Aviation Training Center Project Goes to Atlanta

A new $60 million flight simulation center is locating near Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport. FlightSafety Boeing Training International, which is being renamed to Alteon, is building a 52,000-square-foot facility near Hartsfield that will feature six full-flight simulators. Fifty employees will work at the new aviation-training center.

Carter Holdings Leases 500,000 Square Feet Near Atlanta

Atlanta-based clothier Carter Holdings has leased its fourth distribution center in Georgia. This one is 500,000 square feet and located in Henry County, south of Atlanta. The company makes infant and children's clothing and operates three other distribution centers in Hogansville, Griffin and Barnesville, Ga.

KANSAS

Distributor Moving Headquarters to Overland Park

American Identity, an apparel promotional products distributor, is relocating its headquarters from Kansas City to Overland Park. The company will relocate 300 employees and add 50 more in the move.

Somerset Industries Locating in Liberal

Somerset Industries, with plants in Pennsylvania and Nevada, has announced that it will open a manufacturing and distribution center in the former Nash Finch building in Liberal. The company, based in Nevada, distributes low-cost, nutritious institutional food items to the correctional food service market. Customers include the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Up to 50 new jobs will be created.

KENTUCKY

Automotive Supplier Creating 230 Jobs in Mount Sterling

Kyosan Denso, a partner with Kyosan Denki of Winchester, Ky., and Denso International of Southfield, Mich., is building a new 44,000-square-foot plant on a 14-acre site in Mt. Sterling, Ky. The company is a maker of automotive parts and its biggest customer is the Toyota Motor Manufacturing facility in Georgetown. The company is expected to employ 230 workers at the new plant.

Food Processor Building in Rural Kentucky

Using attractive tax credits available from the Kentucky Rural Economic Development Act, T. Marzetti Co., a maker of salad dressing and food dips, announced it is building a 220,000-square-foot plant in Horse Cave. The company will hire 190 workers upon opening the plant, which is expected to be operational in 2004. T. Marzetti is based in Columbus, Ohio and is a subsidiary of a UK concern.

Republic Airlines Selects Louisville

Republic Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings has chosen Louisville International Airport for the company's corporate headquarters, crew base and primary aircraft maintenance facility. The company will complete DOT and FAA certification soon, in order to fly 50-passenger regional jet aircraft as a U.S. Airways Express carrier, with scheduled service beginning in summer of 2003. The airline plans to operate twenty 50-passenger Embraer ERJ 145 jet aircraft, with plans to have 10 aircraft in operation by the end of 2003, and 20 aircraft in service by July of 2004. Regional will employ a staff of 355, including pilots, flight attendants, maintenance technicians, management and support staff. The company will occupy temporary facilities until a new corporate headquarters and maintenance facility is built at Louisville International Airport.

New Plastics Plant for Louisville

Michigan-based Plastech Engineered Products has leased a 331,000-square-foot building at Jefferson Riverport International in Louisville that will house 425 workers. The new plant is the second in Louisville. The facility formerly housed a distribution center for Valley Media, a California-based distributor of music and DVDs. Plastech makes, paints and assembles injection-molded parts for the automotive industry. The company's other facility in Louisville employs 370 workers. The company received $8.5 million in state income tax credits from the deal.

Alabama Company Announces Kentucky Deal

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Seapac, which processes, packs, houses and distributes dry bulk products, is adding 200,000 square feet to an existing 50,000-square-foot building in Eddyville, Ky. Seapac is investing $11 million and will hire 45 workers to work at the facility.

LOUISIANA

Shreveport Lands New Warehouse

A wholesale sportswear company has opened a 60,000-square-foot warehouse in Shreveport. Stardust Corp. is a leader in imprintable sportswear and is headquartered in Wisconsin. The deal will create 15 new jobs.

MARYLAND

Progressive Adding 100 New Jobs in Baltimore County

Ohio-based auto insurer Progressive Corp., is tripling the size of its Baltimore County facilities and adding 100 new jobs. The company leased 36,000 square feet at the Red Brook Corporate Center in Owings Mills.

Connex Locating HQ in Maryland

Connex NA, one of the world's leading providers of private passenger ground transportation, is locating its U.S. corporate headquarters in the Baltimore area. Connex is the parent company of Yellow Transportation.

MISSISSIPPI

Helicopter Manufacturer Expands

American Eurocopter is building a plant in Columbus/Lowndes County, Miss. that will expand before its completed. The helicopter manufacturer announced in the spring quarter it would add to its initial workforce when the plant becomes operational. The company will now hire 125 initially for the $10 million plant. The company will eventually employ 500 to assemble copters in Lowndes County.

Motorcycle Plant to Open in Merigold

Knight Line Products, a manufacturer of motorcycles and ATVs, will open a plant in Merigold, Miss. that will produce up to 1,500 units annually. The company expects to employ up to 120 workers.

Future Electronics Breaks Ground in Southaven

A distributor of semiconductor and electro-mechanical components has broken ground for a new distribution center in Southaven, Miss. Future Electronics, in operation for more than 32 years and employing more than 6,000 employees worldwide, is investing $40 million in the new center. Up to 350 jobs are expected to be filled at the new facility.

MISSOURI

Boeing Relocating Division to St. Louis

St. Louis is the new home of Boeing's Future Combat Systems division. The move from California will include some relocated positions as well as new hires in St. Louis. Boeing officials said the new headquarters of the division will house 500 employees. The Future Combat Systems division is digitizing the Army's ground forces.

Packaging Company Expanding in Chillicothe

Associated Packing Technologies is adding 120 jobs at its food container plant in Chillicothe, Mo. It's the third expansion for the company's plant in the last two years. This one will add 96,000 square feet to the existing facility. The company makes containers for the food industry.

NORTH CAROLINA

Timken Expanding for Third Time

The Timken Co., is planning a $3.5 million expansion of its bearing plant in Lincoln, Co., N.C. The company will add a production line that will make brakes and wheel-end components for cars and trucks. The expansion will add a minimum of 20 jobs to the 650-employee workforce. It's the third expansion of the Ohio-based company's 560,000-square-foot facility located between Charlotte and Hickory.

Pharma Adding Space, Jobs

Pennsylvania-based Wyeth Vaccines is adding 115,000 square feet to its vaccine manufacturing facility in Sanford, N.C. The company is closing its New Jersey plants as part of the expansion in North Carolina. A new children's vaccine is the reason for the expansion, which will create 350 new jobs.

Lumberton Site of 220 New Jobs

QEP Co., a maker of tools, has plans to move into an existing 250,000-square-foot facility in Lumberton, N.C. The company is expected to hire 220 workers at the plant. QEP currently operates plants in Florida and Missouri. One of those plants will close to accommodate the new North Carolina facility.

Andrx Pharmaceuticals Opening Plant in Morrisville

Davie, Fla.-based Andrx Pharmaceuticals has announced it has purchased a manufacturing facility in Morrisville, N.C., located between Raleigh and Durham. The $28 million purchase of the 500,000-square-foot former Bristol-Myer Squibb facility and 96 acres adjacent to Research Triangle Park is the first North Carolina operation for the company. The facility will be used primarily for manufacturing and related quality assurance and quality control operations. Andrx has a pipeline of more than 30 generic product candidates pending FDA approval. Andrx expects to invest another $87 million in the plant prior to startup of its pharmaceutical manufacturing. No job figures were available.

OKLAHOMA

Michelin Investing $200M in Ardmore Tire Plant

Michelin North America is adding 45 new employees and spending $200 million at its tire plant in Ardmore, Okla. The South Carolina-based tire manufacturer took advantage of a new incentives package passed by the state in 2002 that is directed at tire makers. Michelin will expand the size of the plant and add production capacity.

Cardinal Glass Industries to Open Plant in Durant

Minneapolis-based Cardinal Glass Industries will build a new float-glass plant in Durant. The 600,000 square foot plant will be operational by mid-2004 and will employ 240 workers. It will be Cardinal's fourth float-glass plant and its 20th glass plant nationwide. Float glass is used in windows, aquariums, mirrors, picture frames and other flat glass applications. The Durant plant is expected to melt about 600 tons of glass per day.

Honeywell Announces Tulsa Expansion

Honeywell announced in the spring that the Tulsa, Okla. Repair and Overhaul facility would expand and gain the capability of adding electric power components found on all commercial and military aircraft. The components convert engine power on 737s, 747s, 757s and A320s to electric power. About 100 new jobs will be created by the expansion.

SOUTH CAROLINA

MC2 Building Facility in Winnsboro

MC2 Finishing Solutions, an automotive supplier, is building a 40,000-square-foot electrocoating and powder coating plant in Fairfield County, S.C. The company coats metal products used in the automotive industry and other sectors. MC2 is investing $5 million in the project and is expected to hire 25 workers initially.

Lawn Furniture Company Opens Warehouse in Rowesville

Southern Patio, a seller of lawn and garden furniture, has moved into a 442,000-square-foot facility formerly operated by Greenwood Mills. The warehouse, located in Orangeburg County, will house 50 workers.

Customer Service Center to Operate Out of Former Sewing Factory in Swansea

SwanseaNIC is spending about $1 million to renovate a former sewing plant in Swansea, S.C. The debit card customer service center will employ 200 when operational.

Fuji Photo Film Expands Again in Greenwood

Fuji Photo Film, which has invested nearly $2 billion since 1988 at its facilities in Greenwood, S.C., is at it again. The company has announced it is investing $100 million in an expansion of its PS Plate plant to expand production of computer-to-plate printing technology for the graphic arts industry.

Pipe Maker Plans Plant in Anderson

German-based auto parts manufacturer Fraenkische Rohrwerke announced in March it would hire 70 workers for a new facility in the Upstate. The company will make corrugated pipe at the new Anderson. Customers of the German concern include BMW.

TENNESSEE

Toyota to Build Plant in West Tennessee

Toyota will build a $124 million engine block plant in the Jackson/Madison County Industrial Park and will create 200 new jobs. Site preparation and construction will begin later this year, with production expected by late 2005. The new facility is a project of Toyota and Bodine Aluminum, a Toyota wholly-owned subsidiary.

Shelbyville Lands Auto Supplier

Summit Polymers is building an interior automotive parts plant in Shelbyville. The injection-molding plant is expected to house 175 new workers. Summit chose Shelbyville over 12 other Tennessee markets and two in Kentucky.

Verizon Hiring 1,000 in Rutherford County

Verizon Wireless announced it is opening a 160,000-square-foot call center in Murfreesboro that will house 1,000 workers. The telecommunications company signed a 10-year lease on a building in this city located southeast of Nashville. The center will open for business in October.

Moll Industries Relocates from Florida to La Vergne

Moll Industries, a designer and manufacturer of custom molded plastic products, is emerging from bankruptcy and moving its headquarters from Davie, Fla. to La Vergne, Tenn. In addition to moving its headquarters to an existing facility in La Vergne, the Moll is consolidating its Austin and San Antonio facilities to a new location in New Braunfels, Tex. Moll sells its products to Dell Computer, Whirlpool and Xerox among other large corporations.

Houston Company Expands to Lexington

Houston-based NCI Building Systems has announced it will build an $8 million plant and hire 200 in Lexington, Tenn. The company makes frames for metal buildings. The new plant will take the place of another unknown NCI facility that will close.

Discount Grocer Building 400,000 S.F. Center in Wilson County

Aldi, a discount grocery retailer, has purchased nearly 100 acres in Wilson County, Tenn., located just east of Nashville. The company plans to build a $25 million, 400,000-square-foot distribution center to serve stores in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee. The deal will create 120 new jobs in the city of Lebanon.

Automotive Supplier Breaks Ground in Dickson

Bridgestone APM is building a plant in Dickson, located about 40 miles west of Nashville. The company is a supplier of absorption materials used in automobile interiors and its customers include Nissan, Toyota and Honda. The company is expanding an existing facility to 165,000 square feet and creating 70 new jobs.

TEXAS

Samsung Upgrades Semiconductor Plant with $500M Investment

Samsung is spending $500 million to upgrade its existing semiconductor facility in Austin. The project will add 40,000 square feet of clean room space and the facility will be updated from 130-nanometer to 90-nanometer technology. Samsung employs 950 workers at its Austin facility. The expansion is expected to create 300 new jobs. It's the first major expansion of a semiconductor plant in the South in five years.

Infonxx Adding 2,000 Jobs in San Antonio

A Pennsylvania-based call center operation is adding 2,000 jobs in San Antonio. Infonxx, a directory-assistance call center operation that provides advanced information services has secured 25,000 square feet of space near where it occupies 17,500 square feet of space in the Alamo City. The company currently employs 500 in the Texas market.

Call Center Opening in Mission

T-Mobile USA is leasing a 75,000-square-foot call center in the Rio Grande Valley in Mission, Tex. The Washington-based telecom is placing the 680-employee call center because of the areas large bilingual workforce.

Furniture Manufacturer Building Facility in Dallas

American Leather has broken ground on a 250,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution plant in Dallas. The company employs about 300 in Dallas and the new building will house 75 more.

CVS Building Distribution Center in Ennis

CVS has opened 40 new drugstores in Texas in the last two years. Might as well support those new stores with a $120 million distribution center. The facility is being built in Ennis, Tex. and will employ at least 220 workers. The Ennis facility, the first west of the Mississippi River, is the 10th distribution center for the pharmaceutical retail giant.

Sanmina-SCI Locates Optics Center in Allen

Sanmina-SCI Corp., a global leader in electronic manufacturing services, has purchased Alcatel USA's Optical Board Solution and moved into the Allen, Tex. location. The 288,000-square-foot facility housed 175 employees, but Sanmina-SCI will increase that to 280 initially and 500 within three years.

VIRGINIA

Latest Wal-Mart Distribution Center Lands in Rural Virginia

In the last 10 years, Wal-Mart has built or announced 26 big box distribution centers in the South. The 27th has landed in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley in Mount Crawford. Wal-Mart is creating 1,000 new jobs and investing $55 million for the regional distribution center. The 1.2 million-square-foot warehouse will be located just off Interstate 81. Virginia successfully competed with Pennsylvania and Maryland for the project.

Philip Morris USA to Relocate HQ to Richmond

Philip Morris USA will move its corporate headquarters from New York City to the former Reynolds Metals corporate complex in Henrico County. Through a two-tier economic development project, the company will create 450 jobs at the new headquarters as well as invest more than $300 million in its manufacturing facility in Richmond.

Gray Hawk Systems Expands in Virginia

Virginia-based Gray Hawk Systems will invest $8.7 million to expand its operations across Virginia. Over the next three years, the company will create more than 200 new jobs at its Alexandria headquarters and Virginia offices in Arlington, Prince William County, King George County, Norfolk and Virginia Beach. Gray Hawk Systems provides professional engineering services for the federal government. The company began with a small technical base in the Navy's AEGIS program. Today, the Department of Defense is a major client. The company also provides systems, secure communications, and data management expertise to Federal agencies.

Unisys Consolidation Will Create 900 Jobs in Fairfax

Unisys Corp. is consolidating its federal government division to Fairfax, Va. and the move could result in the creation of 900 new jobs. The company is consolidating into a 275,000-square-foot office in Reston.

Ford Building Parts Center in Frederick

Ford announced in April it is building a regional parts distribution center in Frederick County, Va. The 250,000-square-foot big box should be ready for occupancy in November. Ford is investing $13 million in the project and chose Virginia over Maryland.

Roanoke County Lands New Manufacturing Facility

Marvin Windows and Doors, a Minnesota-based corporation, has chosen Roanoke County's Gateway Business Park as the site of a new manufacturing facility for its line of Integrity Windows & Doors. The facility will create 150 new jobs within the next 30 months, and 350 by the end of 2008. Integrity will invest $32 million within the next five years, $15 million in Phase I and $17 million in Phase II.

Liebherr Expands its Newport News Operations

Liebherr, a manufacturer of mining and construction machinery, is expanding its operations in the City of Newport News. Through a $4 million investment, the company is making modifications to its existing plant. The company will add 134 new positions in the expansion. Liebherr is headquartered in Switzerland.

Distribution Center Expands in Chesapeake

Hudd Distribution, a subsidiary of shipping giant Maersk, is expanding its distribution facility in Chesapeake, Va. Hudd will create 260 new jobs in the deal and invest $14 million. The company will add 80,000 square feet to it 225,000-square-foot existing warehouse.

Metalsa Expands Roanoke Valley Operation

Mexico-based Metalsa, a maker of truck frames, has announced it is expanding its operations in Botetourt County, located near Roanoke, Va. The company will build a 150,000-square-foot facility adjacent to its existing facility in the Vista Corporate Park. The investment totals over $25 million and the company will hire an additional 70 employees.

Big Deal in Rural Virginia

A direct mail company is investing nearly $9 million and creating 160 new jobs in rural Franklin, Va. California-based Money Mailer will move into an available spec building. The company will print and distribute direct mail ad pieces for its East Coast clients.

Ashford Court Expands Again in Richmond

For the second time in less than two years, Ashford Court, a Richmond-based decorative pillow and linen manufacturer is expanding again. The company opened three years ago with a 44,000-square-foot facility in Richmond. It announced in late April it will relocate to a 115,000-square-foot facility.

WEST VIRGINIA

Cabela's to Create 1,200 Jobs

Gov. Bob Wise and representatives of Cabela's Inc., one of the world's foremost outfitters, announced the location of a distribution/retail center that will bring 1,200 new jobs to Ohio County, W.V.

Infocision Opens Call Center

Infocision Management Corp., a leader in call center services for Fortune 1000 companies, has opened a new operation in Harrison County, W.V. The company expects to employ 400 by the summer. The company operates 21 call centers at 11 locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.