Top Small Town South Deals Fall 2009
The American South's 10-Largest New and Expanded Manufacturing and Selected Non-Manufacturing Job Announcements
Announcements made in the Fall 2009 Quarter
| Development |
Jobs |
$Inv |
N/E |
Location |
Description |
| 1. Hybrid Kinetic Motors |
1500 |
$1500 |
N |
Bay Minette, AL |
Automotive |
| 2. GreenTech Automotive |
1500 |
$1000 |
N |
Tunica County, MS |
Automotive |
| 3. Kia |
1200 |
N/A |
E |
West Point, GA |
Automotive |
| 4. Mercedes-Benz |
1000 |
N/A |
E |
Vance, AL |
Automotive |
| 5. Mitsubishi Power Syst. |
500 |
$325 |
N |
Pooler, GA |
Turbines |
| 6. Fiserv Inc. |
400 |
$4.9 |
N |
Hickory, NC |
Customer Support |
| 7. Mitsubishi Power Syst. |
400 |
$100 |
N |
Fort Smith, AR |
Turbines |
| 8. N.A. Aerodynamics |
375 |
$1 |
E |
Roxboro, NC |
Parachutes |
| 9. TurboCombuster Tech. |
375 |
$1.3 |
E |
Stuart, FL |
Turbines |
| 10. CenturyLink |
350 |
N/A |
E |
Monroe, LA |
Communications |
($Inv. = Investment in millions - N=New; E=Expansion; R=Relocation)
Sources: Alabama Development Office; Arkansas Economic Development Commission; Enterprise Florida; Georgia Dept. of Economic Development; Kansas Dept. of Commerce; Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development; Louisiana Economic Development; Maryland Dept. of Business & Economic Development; Mississippi Development Authority; Missouri Dept. of Economic Development; North Carolina Dept. of Commerce; Oklahoma Dept. of Commerce; South Carolina Dept. of Commerce; Tennessee Dept. of Economic & Community Development; Texas Dept. of Economic Development; Virginia Economic Development Partnership; West Virginia Development Office
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