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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

Kith Kitchens Locates $11 Million Production Factory in Florence, Alabama

10/30/2020
Kith Kitchens, a manufacturer of high-quality cabinets, plans to invest $11 million to open a new manufacturing facility at Florence-Lauderdale Industrial Park in Florence, Alabama. The project is expected to create 131 full-time jobs.

According to state officials the company will purchase a 150,000-square-foot speculative building pad and 11.5 acres in the Florence-Lauderdale Industrial Park. The company plans to start construction soon with a goal of beginning operations next summer.

“We are excited to work with the Shoals Economic Development Authority, the State of Alabama and the Tennessee Valley Authority to build this facility and hire a new team in Florence, which, working in conjunction with our team in Haleyville, will help us continue the growth and success of Kith Kitchens,” CEO Mark Smith said.

According to the Shoals EDA, demand for Kith Kitchens’ cabinets has outgrown the capacity at the company’s current facility in Haleyville. The organization says the company chose the Shoals because of the availability of a first-class workforce and shovel ready industrial property.

“A couple of years ago the Shoals EDA developed an aggressive product development plan that included the construction of a new road and speculative building pad in the Florence-Lauderdale Industrial Park,” said Adam Himber, vice president of the Shoals EDA. “The speculative building pad will allow Kith Kitchens to become operational quicker to meet the ever-growing demand in their industry.

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