Kimber To Open Manufacturing Facility In Troy, Alabama
BY Herschel Smith
6 years, 10 months ago
A few days while touring around inside Google Analytics I saw a visit from Kimber on an article I wrote where I tried to encourage Kimber to move out of New York to greener pastures, or in other words, right-to-work states. It would match the move South by many other firearms manufacturers and likely garner more support within the gun community. After all, one wonders how many guns are being sold in the Northeast compared to Southeast.
Now I understand why this article captured someone’s interest. Troy, Alabama won a new Kimber facility.
A major gun manufacturer will open a new production facility in Troy, adding 366 jobs to the local economy over the next five years.
Gov. Kay Ivey announced Tuesday that Kimber Manufacturing Inc. would locate in Troy and invest $38 million in the local economy to build a state-of-the-art engineering and manufacturing facility. Ivey said the new factory would bring high-paying design and manufacturing jobs to Troy.
The new facility is expected to open in 2019.
Kimber officials said growing demand for the company’s products led to the decision to open a new plant in Troy.
“Troy offers us expansion with a passionate workforce, extraordinarily low utility costs, a pro-business environment, experienced local training support, and long-term incentives from the state and local government alike,” Greg Grogan, Kimber’s chief operating officer, said. “This expansion in conjunction with our existing manufacturing facilities, talented and experienced employees, and best-in-class products provides for exciting times here at Kimber.”
The company has roots in Yonkers and has grown rapidly in the past two decades. The Troy facility will be Kimber’s sixth U.S. plant.
This is great news, but here’s a warning. Leave your progressive politics up North. We down South don’t like high taxes or intrusive, nanny state government.
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On January 11, 2018 at 4:14 pm, Mr. Gray said:
Congratulations to the fine folks of the Wiregrass!