Just caught this on the Huntington, WV local news tonight.
UPDATE 11/12/13 @ 11:15 a.m.
PRICHARD, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- 250 new jobs are coming to Wayne County, West Virginia.
Allevard Sogefi, along with several local and state leaders announced the jobs during a press conference on Tuesday.
Officials tell WSAZ.com the company will soon add a new production line to its auto parts plant in Prichard.
According to a press release from Governor Earl Ray
Tomblin, the agreement was struck last month in France when the governor
met with the Sogefi Group CEO Guglielmo Fiocchi. The meeting was part
of his European investment mission.
"West Virginia offers tremendous value for businesses who
need a top-notch workforce and a winning business climate,” Gov. Tomblin
said. “Sogefi’s expansion underscores the competitive edge that’s
attracting more and more businesses to our state.”
“I’ve said time and again, I will go anywhere to bring more
good-paying jobs to West Virginia,” Gov. Tomblin continued. “When I met
with Mr. Fiocchi last month in France, he praised West Virginia’s
hardworking people and his company’s experience in the state. Sogefi’s
decision to grow its Wayne County operation is a vote of confidence in all the things we’ve done to make West Virginia a great place to do business.”
Sogefi’s Wayne County plant, which opened in 2004,
manufactures parts for automobile engines, including fuel pumps, fuel
filters, and oil filters. Parts from the company’s West Virginia plant
are used by global automotive giants including Toyota, Ford, Fiat,
Chrysler, BMW, Nissan, Mazda, Hyundai, and Kia. The plant produces more
than 5 million pumps and filters every year.
The $20 million expansion will allow the company to add engine intake manifolds to the product line.
An intake manifold delivers the combustion air that powers
an automobile engine. The Prichard plant will manufacture intake
manifolds for General Motors, adding yet another major auto producer to
the plant’s customer list.
The plant will continue manufacturing integrated fluid filtration products.
“The plant that we opened in West Virginia in 2004 was the
first entry of Sogefi S.p.A into North America,” said Fiocchi. “Our
company has had great success in West Virginia, and we consider the
partnership with the state and local government officials to be
important factors.”
“I am pleased about the great news for Wayne County and the
entire region. Sogefi is growing and that means our economy is
improving,” said Gary Walton, president of the Huntington Area
Development Council (HADCO). “When HADCO built the spec building that
grew into Allevard Sogefi USA, Inc., this was exactly what our board of
directors envisioned: more employment and more private investment. This
development would not have happened without tremendous cooperation
among federal, state and local government.”
Plant modifications, which include repurposing the plant's existing space, are scheduled to begin in January.
Equipment is expected to start arriving in May.
Hiring for skilled positions — engineers, quality staff,
supervisors and maintenance technicians — will start in January 2014.
Production positions will be added gradually from around April through
August. Prospective employees may apply by mailing resumes to Allevard
Sogefi USA, Inc., 1389 Round Bottom Road, Prichard, WV 25555. For more
information, applicants can call (304) 781-7700.
http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Announcement-at-Allevard-Sogefi-Plant-Planned-for-Tuesday-231476571.html
No comments:
Post a Comment