August 21, 2023
Two companies looking to open new facilities in the Northwest Georgia Regional Industrial Park near Shannon expect to close on the property in the next few months. The industrial park is jointly owned by Floyd and Gordon counties. It’s bordered…Read more »
August 14, 2023
Looking ahead to how its products affect the environment, Rome-based Pirelli North America announced this week a partnership with an environmentally friendly highway testbed on an 18-mile stretch of I-85. The purpose of a highway testbed is to provide an…Read more »
July 24, 2023
Rome’s Hydro Dynamics has been recognized again by the Georgia Department of Economic Development for continually expanding their business into new international markets. Hydro Dynamics was awarded a 2023 GLOBE award for its expansion into Mexico, South Africa and Slovenia,…Read more »
July 12, 2023
A new industry is coming to the Northwest Georgia Regional Industrial Park in Shannon. On Wednesday, the Gordon County/Floyd County Joint Development Authority approved the sale of 10.4 acres in the park to Tuscaloosa, Alabama-based Power and Rubber Supply for…Read more »
June 20, 2023
Rome and Floyd County’s newest employer could be up and running by October or early November. Harry Patel, managing partner with Swami Compounding, told the Rome-Floyd County Development Authority on Tuesday that the blueprints are expected to be delivered in…Read more »
April 26, 2023
As an EV boom continues in Bartow County, the interest in a 200-plus acre property near the border in Floyd County is high as the SPLOST-funded project moves through the site certification process. “If we don’t sell this site before…Read more »
January 4, 2023
A three-dimensional marketing agency headquartered in Atlanta and Las Vegas, Nevada, announced that they will consolidate operations in an 80,000 square-foot facility located off Ga. 140 in Armuchee. Think 360 Inc. designs and manufactures tradeshow displays of corporate interiors and demonstration…Read more »
December 19, 2022
Rows and rows of packed products fill the shelves of the Hillman Group’s largest distribution facility in the U.S., located in Shannon. The massive 450,000 square foot facility will consolidate the company’s operations in Northwest Georgia and serve as a…Read more »
November 17, 2022
An Ohio-based company that converts organic industrial byproducts into natural gas will be opening its newest facility in the Northwest Regional Industrial Park in Shannon. The Synthica Energy facility in Floyd County will apply an anaerobic digestion process to organic…Read more »
October 26, 2022
Floyd County commissioners approved on Tuesday the rezoning of Enterprise Corner for heavy industrial development. The 202-acre parcel of land just north of U.S. 411 at Bass Ferry Road had been part of the former Braden Farm. The original farm…Read more »