Jim Ferrell, president/CEO of Jackson Energy Authority, highlighted industrial growth in Jackson and Madison County for 2019, during the monthly Board of Directors meeting at the Tennergy Center, Thursday.

“We’ve had eight industrial plants expand, and several warehouse additions due to plant growth,” Ferrell said, “None of our existing companies were sold during 2019 (and) we continue to work on infrastructure for a new industrial park.”

Toyota Bodine – now Tennessee Motor Manufacturing Tennessee, 301 James Lawrence Road – is expanding 65,000 square feet, and the project is expected to be completed by September.

Pacific Industrial Manufacturing started its second expansion in 2019 – its second in the last five years.

TBDN is expanding 67,000 square feet.

Bobrick Mid-Continent, 100 Bobrick Drive in Jackson-Madison County Industrial Park, is expanding 200,000 square feet. The project is expected to be completed by December.

Gerdau, 801 Ameristeel Road, with its Gas Dryer addition, increased its gas usage by 10 percent.

Lightning Source, 210 American Drive, converted 32,000 square feet to on demand printing operation.

MOST, 355 James Lawrence Rd – is adding 13,000 square feet for a fourth melting furnace. The company receives, processes and melts aluminum scrap to produce high quality molten and solid aluminum alloy products for use by other industries, including the production of automobile parts.

MILAN Supply Chain Solutions – 79 Sand Pebble Drive – a leading provider of Truckload and Distribution Services based in West Tennessee, opened its new 200,000-square-foot distribution center and 17,000-square-foot corporate office.

HEW Holdings, 160 Rosedale Street, purchased the former Armstrong (Bruce Hardwood) site to process wood and redevelop the remainder of the facility.

(PHOTO: Monte Jones, chairman of the Board of Directors of Jackson Energy Authority, left, and Jim Ferrell, president/CEO of JEA)

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