ATHENS, Ala. – Two companies that support Alabama’s automotive facility announced expansions this week that will bring more add several new jobs in northern Alabama.
A plastics firm plans to open a Limestone County production facility that’s expected to employ up to 100 workers when it reaches full capacity, state officials said.
Asahi Kasei Plastics North America intends to invest more than $30 million in the Athens plant, which will be its second U.S. production facility, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said.
The Alabama plant will process plastic resin into a finished pellet product that will be shipped to plastic injection molding facilities, where the material will be transformed into automobile components.
Bentley said in a statement that the company’s plastic compounds also are used in furniture, pool and spa, industrial equipment and many more applications.