Cabinet Company in Gadsden

Source: Birmingham News A cabinet company is taking over space and equipment left behind by another cabinet company in Gadsden. United Casework paid $775,000 for the 55,000 sf former Expressions Cabinetry facility in Gadsden. United also purchased the equipment in the building from the former lenders and is preparing to begin manufacturing cabinets by June, … Read More

Florida waste company, Waste Pro, sets up shop in Tarrant

Source: Birmingham News Waste Pro USA Inc. plans to invest $3.2 million in an operation in Tarrant that could eventually have up to 125 workers as the company collects garbage contracts with communities throughout the metro area. Longwood, Fla.-based Waste Pro has leased the 121,750-square-foot former Clean Earth Environmental building off Pinson Valley Parkway near … Read More

Norfolk Southern’s purchase leads to major investment

Source: Birmingham Business Journal With a manufacturing base, proximity to several interstate highways and a number of industrial parks, the Birmingham region is clearly attractive to the railroad industry. That was particularly true in the case of Norfolk Southern, which announced plans in 2009 to invest $112 million to build an intermodal facility in McCalla. … Read More

Brokers overcame challenges to make CSX facility possible

Source: Birmingham Business Journal It’s no small trick, finding a place to transfer manufacturing materials from trains onto trucks. Yet developers located just such a patch of ground in their efforts to create the CSX Intermodal Facility in Bessemer. “Birmingham is topographically challenged in the first place. Trying to piece together 25 acres of flat … Read More

Pullman site reborn with addition of Liberty Pipe in Bessemer

Source: Birmingham Business Journal Liberty Pipe’s new home within the 115-acre Interstate Industrial Park in Bessemer bears little, if any, resemblance to the Pullman railway manufacturing facility that once occupied the site. To revive the building after six dormant years, developers renovated the electrical system, removed five large paint booths, replaced roof tiles, added drive-in … Read More

International Wines uncorks expansion with $1.8M purchase

Source: Birmingham Business Journal International Wines has purchased a new building off West Oxmoor Road and plans to expand its burgeoning wine distribution business. The Birmingham-based company bought a 41,000-square-foot warehouse for nearly $1.8 million on Snow Drive, according to public records. The warehouse is a stone’s throw from its current location, which is also … Read More

80-job pipe coating plant coming to Bessemer

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Source: Birmingham News A Pennsylvania company will invest $5 million and create 80 new jobs with a new plant in Bessemer. Liberty Group of Morrisville, Pa., will set up a regional … Read More

Birmingham Shuttlesworth International Airport expands its cargo capacity

Source: The Birmingham News The Birmingham Airport Authority has paid more than $7 million for 25 acres of land and nearly half a million square feet of industrial building space next to its air­cargo operation, an indication the airport may have big plans for industrial growth. Al Denson, director of the Birmingham­ Shuttlesworth International Airport, … Read More