Walker College Foundation scholars attending Bevill State Community College for the fall semester participated in an informative activity at this year s orientation.
By Staff | December 31, 2020 | Filed under: News
MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced that Jasper Lumber Co. and Canada’s Tolko Industries Ltd. have formed a partnership that will expand lumber production at a Walker County facility through a $45 million project creating at least 60 jobs.
The investment will triple capacity at Jasper Lumber’s existing sawmill and create additional activity for its other subsidiary companies, which will operate under the parent company Jasper Forest Products LLC, a Jasper-Tolko Partnership.
Plans call for the construction of new facilities, the installation of new machinery, and increased shifting at the mill.
Governor Kay Ivey
German company creating 73 jobs with Alabama plant serving auto industry
By Alabama NewsCenter Staff
December 22, 2020
Heiche US Surface Technologies will expand the 53,000-square-foot spec building in Jasper Industrial Park to more than 100,000 square feet. (Walker County Development Authority)
Heiche US Surface Technologies is buying and expanding the Jasper Speculative Building for an automotive industry coatings plant, creating 73 jobs in Walker County.
Heinsdorfergrund, Saxony, Germany-based Heiche, part of KAP Surface Technologies group, plans to expand the speculative building to more than 100,000 square feet and outfit it with state-of-the-art equipment for processes such as passivation (cleaning with silicate layers) and etching passivation (titanium conversion coating), geared towards the auto industry.