June 27, 2022
Global food manufacturer Kerry is the winner of our 2022 Sustainable Plant of the Year award. The company’s breadcrumbs and coatings plant in Rome, Ga., (pictured above) recently underwent a $125 million expansion that added 30% more production capacity to the facility….Read more »
June 22, 2022
A plan to add a large warehouse space for the Kellogg plant expansion on Old Lindale Road took another step forward as the company as a whole announced its split into three independent companies. Locally, the Rome-Floyd County Development Authority…Read more »
June 10, 2022
As Floyd County’s industries move toward expansion, the county’s three development authorities are constantly on the lookout for new land. At this point Floyd County has the Rome-Floyd County Development Authority, the Development Authority of Floyd County and the Gordon-Floyd…Read more »
June 2, 2022
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May 23, 2022
It appears that there may be some legs to the idea of gaining a $5.1 million congressional appropriation to take care of asbestos mitigation and demolition costs at the former Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital property. Appropriations are annual decisions made…Read more »
May 20, 2022
A $20 million investment in production facilities in Georgia by the parent company of TYM-USA and Branson Tractors will include a new 142,500-square-foot facility off Cedartown Highway in Floyd County. Dave Auten, the national sales manager for TYM-USA, said the…Read more »
May 20, 2022
The Savoy Automobile Museum in Cartersville is hosting a special exhibit celebrating tire manufacturing company Pirelli. In 1872, the 23 year old Giovanni Battista Pirelli founded “G.B. Pirelli & C.” in Milan, Italy. Fast-forward 150 years and Pirelli, an internationally…Read more »
May 10, 2022
The Rome City Commission voted to rezone the former Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital property on Monday, amid protests from nearby residents. Commissioners rezoned the 132.5-acre complex on Division Street from Office Institutional to Heavy Industrial. The Rome Floyd County Development…Read more »
April 25, 2022
Construction is beginning in earnest on Ball Corporation’s 750,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center on the former Floyd County Industrial Park land. The original announcement made in April 2021 cited a $51.8 million price tag to build the facility near the…Read more »
April 21, 2022
The infinitely recyclable Ball Aluminum Cup now boasts the highest recycled content rate of any beverage packaging in its category WESTMINSTER, Colo., April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL), a leading global provider of infinitely recyclable aluminum beverage packaging, and aluminum recycler…Read more »