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Jasper City Council approves $35.5M budget

Jasper City Council members approved a $35.5 million budget for fiscal year 2024 during Tuesday’s council meeting at Jasper City Hall. ....

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New venture will expand Jasper lumber production facility, creating 60 jobs

By Staff | December 31, 2020 | Filed under: News
MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced that Jasper Lumber Co. and Canada’s Tolko Industries Ltd. have formed a partnership that will expand lumber production at a Walker County facility through a $45 million project creating at least 60 jobs.
The investment will triple capacity at Jasper Lumber’s existing sawmill and create additional activity for its other subsidiary companies, which will operate under the parent company Jasper Forest Products LLC, a Jasper-Tolko Partnership.
Plans call for the construction of new facilities, the installation of new machinery, and increased shifting at the mill.
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Canada-Based Tolko Industries & Jasper Lumber Expand Walker County, Alabama, Lumber Mill

Canada-Based Tolko Industries & Jasper Lumber Expand Walker County, Alabama, Lumber Mill
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Jasper Lumber announces $45 million expansion, to create 60 jobs

Jasper Lumber announces $45 million expansion, to create 60 jobs
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
Posted Dec 29, 2020
Jasper Lumber Co. and Canada’s Tolko Industries Ltd. have formed a partnership that will expand lumber production at a Walker County facility through a $45 million project creating at least 60 jobs.
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Jasper Lumber Co. today announced a partnership with Canada’s Tolko Industries Ltd. which will expand lumber production at its Walker County facility, through a $45 million project projected to create at least 60 jobs.
Plans call for new construction, new machinery and more shifts at the sawmill. Construction should begin in early 2021.
Jasper Lumber COO Roy Beall said the partnership will allow the company to expand its capacity from 70 million board feet to approximately 200 million. The expansion is also expected to create other spin-off jobs. ....

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German company creating 73 jobs with Alabama plant serving auto industry

German company creating 73 jobs with Alabama plant serving auto industry
By Alabama NewsCenter Staff
December 22, 2020
Heiche US Surface Technologies will expand the 53,000-square-foot spec building in Jasper Industrial Park to more than 100,000 square feet. (Walker County Development Authority)
Heiche US Surface Technologies is buying and expanding the Jasper Speculative Building for an automotive industry coatings plant, creating 73 jobs in Walker County.
Heinsdorfergrund, Saxony, Germany-based Heiche, part of KAP Surface Technologies group, plans to expand the speculative building to more than 100,000 square feet and outfit it with state-of-the-art equipment for processes such as passivation (cleaning with silicate layers) and etching passivation (titanium conversion coating), geared towards the auto industry. ....

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