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Area Development, July 27, 2022:

O’Neal Manufacturing Services plans to invest $5.5 million to open a 130,000-square-foot steel fabrication facility in Fayette, Alabama. The $5.5 million project is expected to create 70 jobs within three years.

The new facility, located in an existing building, will feature robotic and manual welding stations, a beam-cutting line, wet paint booth, press brakes, plasma cutting, and saw cutting capabilities to support medium- to heavy-gauge steel fabrication.

“We are thrilled to have acquired the facility, and we are even more excited to have the skilled workers that were available in Fayette. People have always been our most valuable asset,” OMS President and CEO Kent Brown said. “In this time of unprecedented low unemployment and worker shortages across the country, good people have become even more valuable.

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In the last 12 months, existing manufacturers in Northwest Alabama have created over 300 net new jobs and invested over $150 million in expansion projects.

At Northwest Alabama EDA’s Annual Meeting, Kith Kitchens was awarded Industry of the Year for 2021.

Bear Creek facility opened in August 2021 and has already produced $20M in products at the facility, which employs over 150 people.