Top 10 2010 Projects | Silver Shovel Winners
Alabama Population: 4.7 Million
-
- Company
- City/County
- N/E
- #Jobs
- Inv. Amt.
- Industry
-
- 1.
- Austal USA
- Mobile
- E
- 2,000
- $160 million
- Ship Building
-
- 2.
- Hyundai Power Transformers USA
- Montgomery
- N
- 1,000
- $125 million
- Electric Transformers
-
- 3.
- Dollar General
- Bessemer
- N
- 650
- $60 million
- Distribution
-
- 4.
- Dynetics Inc.
- Huntsville
- E
- 350
- $52.5 million
- R&D
-
- 5.
- Raytheon Co.
- Huntsville
- E
- 300
- $74.2 million
- Physical & Biological Research
-
- 6.
- SSAB
- Axis
- E
- 137
- $290 million
- Steel Plates
-
- 7.
- Mobis
Alabama LLC
- Montgomery
- E
- 250
- $59.7 million
- Automotive Parts/
Plastics
-
- 8.
- GE Aviation
- Auburn
- N
- 200
- $50 million
- Jet Engine Coatings
-
- 9.
- Glovis of Georgia
- Valley
- N
- 200
- $20 million
- Warehousing & Logistics
-
- 10.
- AP Plasman Corp.
- Fort Payne
- N
- 200
- $14 million
- Automotive Parts/
Plastics
- * Top 10 projects as supplied by state's economic development agency.
Top 10 2010 Projects | Silver Shovel Winner
Kentucky Population: 4.3 Million
-
- Company
- City/County
- N/E
- #Jobs
- Inv. Amt.
- Industry
-
- 1.
- Ford Motor Co.
- Louisville
- E
- 1,800
- $600 million
- Automotive
-
- 2.
- ZF Steering Systems, LLC
- Boone Cty.
- E
- 374
- $95 million
- Automotive
-
- 3.
- Fruit of the
Loom
- Bowling Green
- E
- 600
- $47 million
- HQ/
Textiles
-
- 4.
- Corning Display Technologies
- Harrodsburg
- E
- 80
- $186.6 million
- Specialty Glass/
Ceramics
-
- 5.
- Tractor Supply Co.
- Simpson Cty.
- N
- 216
- $53.1 million
- Distribution
-
- 6.
- Bremner, Inc.
- Princeton
- E
- 111
- $62.1 million
- Food Packaging
-
- 7.
- Faurecia
Interior
Sytems, Inc.
- Louisville
- N
- 425
- $33.6 million
- Automotive
-
- 8.
- Armstrong
Minesand
Processing
- Centertown
- E
- 250
- $35 million
- Coal Production
-
- 9.
- US Bank
Home
Mortgage
- Owensboro
- E
- 500
- $14.1 million
- Financial Services
-
- 10.
- Magna Seating of America, Inc.
- Shepherds-
ville
- N
- 360
- $15.5 million
- Automotive
- * Top 10 projects as supplied by state's economic development agency.
Top 10 2010 Projects | Silver Shovel Winners
Louisiana Population: 4.5 Million
-
- Company
- City/County
- N/E
- #Jobs
- Inv. Amt.
- Industry
-
- 1.
- Nucor Corp.
- St. James
- N
- 1,250
- $3.4 billion
- Iron & Steel Parish
-
- 2.
- Blade Dynamics
- New Orleans
- N
- 600
- $13 million
- Wind Turbine Blades
-
- 3.
- Globalstar
- Covington
- N
- 500
- $3 million
- Comms. Headquarters
-
- 4.
- DG Foods
- Bastrop
- N
- 317
- $10 million
- Poultry Processing
-
- 5.
- Aeroframe Services
- Lake Charles
- E
- 300
- $2 million
- Aircraft MRO
-
- 6.
- Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, Inc.
- Bossier City
- E
- 277
- $28 million
- Oilfield Services
-
- 7.
- CQMS
- Mansfield
- E
- 200
- $9 million
- Tool Manufacturing
-
- 8.
- BJ Services
- Shreveport
- N
- 133
- $65 million
- Petroleum Industry Headquarters
-
- 9.
- Folgers Coffee Co.
- Orleans/St. Tammany Parish
- E
- 120
- $69 million
- Coffee Production
-
- 10.
- Louisiana Sugar Refinery
- Gramercy
- N
- 127
- $190 million
- Sugar Refinery
- * Top 10 projects as supplied by state's economic development agency.
Top 10 2010 Projects | Silver Shovel Winner
Tennessee Population: 6.3 Million
-
- Company
- City/County
- N/E
- #Jobs
- Inv. Amt.
- Industry
-
- 1.
- GM Spring Hill Manufacturing
- Spring Hill
- E
- 483
- $483 million
- Automotive
-
- 2.
- Electrolux Corp.
- Memphis
- E
- 1,200
- $190 million
- Appliances
-
- 3.
- Olin Corp.
- Charleston
- E
- N/A
- $160 million
- Chemicals
-
- 4.
- Whirlpool Cleveland Division
- Cleveland
- E
- 130
- $120 million
- Appliances
-
- 5.
- Amazon.com, Inc.
- Chattanooga/
Cleveland
- N
- 1,477
- $164 million
- Distribution
-
- 6.
- General Mills
- Murfreesboro
- E
- 80
- $100 million
- Food Processing
-
- 7.
- Jackson
National Life
Insurance Co.
- Franklin
- N
- 723
- $10 million
- Insurance
-
- 8.
- IB-Tech
- Mount
Pleasant
- N
- 385
- $50 million
- Automotive Parts
-
- 9.
- Wei-Chuan
USA, Inc.
- Murfreesboro
- N
- 317
- $19 million
- Food Products
-
- 10.
- HealthSpring
- Nashville
- E
- 315
- $53 million
- Insurance
- * Top 10 projects as supplied by state's economic development agency.
Alabama
Alabama has won Silver
or Gold Shovel awards for
every year of the competition,
thanks to its strong
manufacturing base -
both for traditional and
high-tech industries. It is
also adding to its reputation
as an R&D destination:
Dynetics and Ratheon are
investing $52.5 million and
$74.2 million, respectively,
to build state-of-the-art
research facilities in
Huntsville that represent a
combined total of nearly
700 jobs.
GE Aviation has
announced it will build a
$50 million, 200,000-
square-foot environmental
coatings facility at West
Technology Park in
Auburn. The facility will
enhance components for
the GE/Rolls-Royce F136 jet engine for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F-35 program.
The logistics and distribution sector is also seeing
growth this year. Glovis of Georgia is planning a $20 million
warehousing and logistics facility, and Dollar General
will construct a one-million-square-foot distribution center
in Bessemer, creating 650 jobs. "The Birmingham
region is a great fit for our needs," says Tawn Earnest,
senior director of corporate communications at Dollar
General. "We already serve shoppers in this region and
have more than 100 neighborhood stores."
Kentucky
This is Kentucky's second Silver Shovel Award, having
received one in 2007. Kentucky's robust manufacturing
base accounts for nearly 20 percent of the state's GDP.
Key industries are automotive, aerospace, safety equipment,
specialty chemicals, veterinary tools, defense systems,
biological research supplies, textiles, wood, plastics,
machinery, and primary metals.
Kentucky ranks third in the U.S. for the number of automobiles and trucks it produces.
Ford Motor Company plans
a $600 million expansion at its
Louisville Assembly Plant (LAP).
The upgrade will enable the production
of the next-generation
Escape for the North America market,
creating 1,800 jobs.
ZF Steering Systems LLC will
also undertake a $95.8 million
expansion of its Florence, Boone
County, operation. The growth is
required to meet the increased
demand for the company's new and existing products, creating
374 full-time jobs over the next
three years.
"The area's skilled work
force and competitive business environment were among the reasons we chose this
location," comments Pierre Abboud, CEO of ZF
Steering Systems.
Louisiana
Louisiana received a Silver Shovel last year and
continues to show strong economic performance.
According to the Pollina Corporate Real Estate's
"Best State for Business" survey, Louisiana earned
the first-ever "most-improved state" designation
based on its gains from 2008 to 2010. Over that
two-year period, Louisiana jumped 20 spots in
national ranking.
Not only is the state home to strong traditional
industries, such as petrochemicals and shipbuilding, it
is attracting high-tech industries as well, including
clean tech, digital media, ICT, green manufacturing,
and renewable energy.
One of these companies is Blade Dynamics, which
will build a $13 million facility in New Orleans to manufacture
wind turbine blades, creating 600 new jobs;
an additional 970 ancillary jobs are also expected.
Blade Dynamics was attracted to New Orleans for a
number of reasons, including the availability of specialized
equipment previously funded by the state for
the benefit of NASA, the state's work force assistance
programs, and a competitive incentive package.
Tennessee
Tennessee received a Gold Shovel in 2009 and
Silver Shovels in 2006 and 2010. The state is forecasting
broad-based improvement in virtually every economic
indicator this year. Manufacturing is expected
to see its first job gains since the recession, with
employment projected to rise 1.4 percent in 2011.
Several manufacturers of appliances, equipment,
chemicals, foods, and automobiles are moving forward
with expansions.
Electrolux is planning to build a $190 million
home products manufacturing plant in Memphis.
The 700,000-square-foot plant will eventually
employ up to 1,200 workers. Amazon.com also
announced it will open two distribution centers in
Chattanooga (Hamilton County) and Bradley County,
representing a total investment of more than $164
million dollars, two million square feet of space, and
some 1,400 jobs.
General Motors has announced it will invest $483
million in its power-train facility at Spring Hill by
2012, enabling the plant to produce the next-generation
Ecotec (Emissions Control Optimization
Technology) four-cylinder engine. The expansion
requires nearly 500 additional workers.
In another auto development, IB-Tech, a subsidiary
of Japanese-owned auto parts manufacturer Imasen
Electric Industrial Company, will open a $50 million
production facility in Mount Pleasant to manufacture
high-quality seat adjusters, creating 385 jobs. "The
location, community support, and solid work force
were key in our selection process," says John
Freundner, assistant vice president of administration
for IB-Tech.
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Methodology
Area Development's annual Gold and Silver Shovel Awards recognize states for their achievements in attracting high-value investment projects
that will create a significant number of new jobs in their communities. We collected information from all 50 states about their top-10
job-creation and investment projects initiated in 2010 (only those projects that actually had monies invested, "broke ground," began an expansion,
started new hiring, etc. were considered). Based on a combination of weighted factors - including the number of new jobs to be created
in relation to the state's population, the combined dollar amount of the investments, the number of new facilities, the diversity of industry
represented - three states achieving the highest weighted overall score are awarded Area Development's 2011 Gold Shovels. Runner-ups
in three population categories - over 9 million, between 4 and 9 million, and under 4 million - are awarded 2011 Silver Shovels..
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