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South Central Kentucky Region
Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
Business & Industry
  Recent Locations and Expansions, 2005-Present  
  Date Company Product/Service Employment Investment  
  Manufacturing Expansion  
  12/13/2005

Alcan Composites USA

Paper faced foam panels and graphic arts boards 

N/A

2,637,370

 
  10/30/2006

Anderson Forest Products Inc

Hardwood lumber, pallets, reels, wood chips & plastic reels 

20

400,000

 
  10/19/2005

Anderson Forest Products Inc

Hardwood lumber, pallets, reels, wood chips & plastic reels 

5

150,000

 
  11/15/2005

B & R Lumber Co Inc

Block pallets 

10

200,000

 
  7/26/2007

Berry Plastics

Injection molded plastic bottles and closures for consumer products 

26

10,420,000

 
  12/5/2005

Carpenter Co

Carpet cushioning, polyester fiber, filter media and polyurethane foam 

N/A

641,155

 
  12/1/2006

Cates Cabinets & Woodworking Co Inc

Custom wooden cabinets & specialty woodworking 

N/A

26,000

 
  11/27/2006

Chuo Precision Spring Glasgow Inc

Clutch springs and valve and transmission springs 

N/A

300,000

 
  5/31/2007

Dart Container Corp

Plastic food containers 

178

17,050,000

 
  5/25/2006

Dart Container Corp

Plastic food containers 

412

57,525,000

 
  11/20/2006

Dickerson Lumber Co

Hardwood lumber and pallets 

10

2,500,000

 
  11/30/2005

Dickerson Lumber Co

Wooden pallets, skids & hardwood lumber 

5

2,000,000

 
  11/7/2006

Engineered Polymer Solutions Inc

Industrial coatings 

N/A

100,000

 
  10/30/2006

General Motors Corp

Automobile assembly - Chevrolet Corvette and Cadillac XLR 

2

450,000

 
  1/25/2007

Geothermal Supply Company Inc

Fabricator and accessories manufacturer for the geothermal industry 

21

231,000

 
  9/28/2006

Halton Company Inc

Ventilation hood systems and air distribution systems 

70

2,200,000

 
  10/17/2005

Hennessy Industries Inc

Lead and steel wheel weights 

15

3,500,000

 
  9/28/2006

Huish Detergents Inc

Detergent 

67-100

30,000,000

 
  11/20/2006

J M Smucker L L C

Frozen food products, distribution, and R&D center 

39

3,000,000

 
  12/6/2005

Kingsford Manufacturing Co

Charcoal briquettes 

6

7,800,000

 
  10/17/2005

Kiriu USA Co Ltd

Automotive brake rotors and drums 

10

5,000,000

 
  1/25/2007

Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products LLC

Aluminum forging plant 

46

17,230,000

 
  12/15/2005

Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products LLC

Aluminum forging plant 

50

41,700,000

 
  11/30/2006

Longview Fibre Company

Corrugated container 

N/A

350,000

 
  7/26/2007

Lord Corp

Bonded rubber parts—shock, noise, & vibration control parts for vehicle & equipment industry 

80

3,046,000

 
  11/30/2006

Madison-Smith Machine & Tool

Machine shop, general machining, arc & gas welding 

5

300,000

 
  4/26/2007

Morgantown Manufacturing Co

Automobile small trim parts & metal stampings 

50

750,000

 
  10/13/2006

Mountain Stone

Precast stone veneer building materials 

N/A

200,000

 
  10/31/2006

Nelson Co of Kentucky

Wood pallets, boxes & skids 

1

57,000

 
  10/19/2005

Nelson Co of Kentucky

Wood pallets, boxes & skids 

2

70,000

 
  10/18/2006

NHK of America Suspension Components Inc

Automotive coil suspension springs, trunk lid torsion bars, stabilizer links 

N/A

4,000,000

 
  10/17/2005

Nyloncraft Inc

Plastic automotive parts; custom plastic injection molding 

N/A

450,000

 
  12/16/2005

Owl's Head Alloys Inc

Melt recycled aluminum products 

30

2,516,000

 
  7/10/2006

Pan-Oston

Design, delivery and service of custom metal and wood store fixtures, cash registers 

200

8,000,000

 
  11/30/2006

Ply-Tech Corp

Architectural & furniture plywood 

20

1,600,000

 
  10/13/2006

RC Components Inc

Machine shop: CNC machining, motorcycle wheels & brakes, in house crome line 

N/A

185,000

 
  10/12/2006

Southern Kentucky Hardwood

Unfinished oak strip flooring and wood, oak pellets 

10

600,000

 
  10/30/2006

Southland Manufacturing Inc

Wooden skids & pallets, landscaping mulch heat treated wood packaging 

N/A

400,000

 
  11/15/2005

Span Tech LLC

Conveyor systems 

N/A

1,000,000

 
  10/13/2006

Stephens Manufacturing Co

Steel bulk cement silos, ready-mixed concrete & pollution control equipment 

20

400,000

 
  11/1/2005

Stephens Manufacturing Co

Steel bulk cement silos, ready-mixed concrete & pollution control equipment 

10

450,000

 
  11/14/2005

Vangard/NCS Healthcare of KY

Repackage solid oral pharmaceuticals 

N/A

2,000,000

 
  12/13/2005

Western Kentucky Plastics Inc

Plastic injection thermoplastic and thermoset molding 

N/A

100,000

 
  Manufacturing Location  
  5/7/2007

*Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC

Design, develop, manufacture & distribute products used in air brake systems for commercial vehicle 

130

6,500,000

 
  5/15/2007

*Cannon Automotive Solutions Inc

Individual component stamping for truck frames 

55-100

13,109,133

 
  2/23/2006

*Form-All

Use advanced processing equipment to cut, bend, shape, and punch metal sheet stock 

25

600,000

 
  5/2/2007

*Howa USA Inc

Manufacture dash insulators and headliners for the automotive industry 

61

10,559,091

 
  8/8/2007

Dynastrosi Laboratories LLC

Manufacture wind turbines 

20

9,677,500

 
  9/28/2005

Eleison Composites LLC

Plastic automotive parts 

90

4,900,000

 
  12/7/2006

Hometown Cabinetry and Furniture Inc

Custom cabinets and furniture 

20

368,000

 
  12/14/2005

Lifeguard Press

Specialty printing firm 

15

750,000

 
  8/13/2006

Sister Schubert's Homemade Rolls Inc

Manufacture, package and distribute frozen yeast rolls 

298

35,000,000

 
  12/15/2005

Solrac Corp

Contract manufacturing & inspection 

100

100,000

 
  7/12/2007

Wind Energy Corporation

Manufacturer of wind turbines and related products used for wind powered electrical generation 

122

6,115,000

 
  12/14/2006

Worldwide Technologies

2d and 3 die sets and die forms to primarily service automotive market 

100

1,000,000

 
  Supportive/Service Expansion  
  9/11/2006

AFNI

Business solution / call center 

100

N/A

 
  9/15/2006

Camping World

Headquarters 

50

200,000

 
  11/30/2006

Dollar General Corp

Storage warehouse & distribution center 

65

N/A

 
  12/12/2005

Express Logistics Inc

Fulfillment distribution 

10

526,000

 
  3/9/2006

Hanson Aggregates

Crushed stone 

10-12

3,000,000

 
  12/13/2005

Southern Foods Inc

Food service distribution 

N/A

83,926

 
  11/30/2006

Value Vision International Inc

Warehouse, order processing center 

51

N/A

 
  Supportive/Service Location  
  7/26/2007

*Green Industrial Services LLC

Industrial cleaning service center - service wet scrubber air exhaust systems for mfg industry 

20

291,500

 
  7/20/2007

*Sitel Operating Corporation

Inbound call center 

581

3,415,245

 
  8/31/2006

*Transtek Recycling Inc

Metal recycling 

50

3,700,000

 
  8/31/2006

Blu Pharmaceuticals LLC

Headquarters and national distribution center 

15

190,000

 
  8/31/2006

EDI Medical Inc

Surgical equipment distribution 

30-60

325,500

 
  12/4/2006

Halton Group Americas Inc

North American headquarters 

6-15

600,000

 
  Note: The date for the location/expansion indicates when it was announced or reported to the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development (KCED). An asterisk (*) preceding the company name for a location indicates that the facility is not yet operational. The KCED does not verify that announced expansions are undertaken.
Source: Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development (12/06/2006).