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Meeting Schedule
SEDA News
Existing Industry
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Meeting
Schedule
SEDA Monthly Board of Directors
Meetings
May 9
June 13
July 11
Shoals Manufacturers
Association
May 10
July 12
For more information, contact Lesley Cox, (256) 764-0351
Shoals Industry-Education Training Alliance
July 19
October 18
For more information on the Training Alliance, contact Lesley
Cox, (256) 764-0351
Shoals
Economic
Development Authority
Phone: (256) 764-0351
(800)
239-6087
FAX: (256) 764-3850
500 North Court Street
P.O. Box 580
Florence, Alabama 35631
Web: www.seda-shoals.com
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SEDA
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American Excelsior
Company® Announces Expansion at Its Fiberex Division in Florence
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The
City
of Florence and the Shoals
Economic Development Authority welcomed area leaders
to a public announcement today at American
Excelsior/Fiberex in the Florence-Lauderdale
Industrial Park. American Excelsior Company® announced plans to
expand its Fiberex Division operation in Florence where the company
produces a line of specialty wood fiber products used in the craft,
floral, gift, display, silk tree, and erosion control markets. |
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Terry Sadowski,
President/CEO
of American Excelsior Company®, Receives a Great Seal of Alabama from Gary
Faulkner, Alabama Development Office
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The company
recently purchased an adjoining 30,000-square-foot warehouse where
the company plans to install new state-of-the-art equipment to
produce a variety of straw and coconut erosion
control products used to reduce erosion and sediment. These
products will be marketed under the company's brand names Premier
Straw® and Premier Coconut®.
The Florence location was chosen due to
their market proximity for current customers and other American
Excelsior Company® distribution sites located in North Carolina,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Texas. Bobby
Swindle, General Manager of the Fiberex Division was quoted as
saying:
"We're
proud to announce this expansion as we enter our 21st year of
operation in Florence. This will add 24 new jobs at our
plant. It's a great time to be in business in Florence as
Mayor Bobby Irons has developed a very aggressive pro-business
policy. Our goal is to build market dominance in production
and distribution in our region and to support the company goal of
being the industry leader for erosion and sediment control
devices. We gratefully acknowledge that a number of area
people helped with this project, which included Bobby Irons, Mayor
of the City of Florence; Forrest Wright, Executive Director, Shoals
Economic Development Authority; Susie Heird, Assistant Director,
Shoals Economic Development Authority; Clint Wilkes, Chairman,
Florence Industrial Development Board; and, Gary Faulkner, Senior
Economic Development Representative, Alabama Development
Office."
Group Photo #1 (.pdf)
Group Photo #2 (.pdf)
Group Photo
#3 (.pdf)
Click Here to read more about the
announcement and to see additional photos |
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Tennessee Valley Corridor
Summit
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Tennessee
Valley Corridor, Inc.
will host its national summit on May 31 - June
1 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The summit will bring together
leaders in the fields of economic development, business, education
and government to focus on important issues relevant to new regional
job creation.
On May 31, exhibitors will begin setting up at
the Chattanooga Convention Center starting at 10 a.m.
Registration will be from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The summit will
begin with workshops on "Alternative
Transportation/Energy Independence" and "Doing Business
with the Army, Air Force, NASA, NNSA, and DOE." Following
these will be workshops entitled "Homeland Security" and
"State Technology Development Roundtable." The
afternoon will be capped off with a reception for summit attendees.
On June 1, the morning program will feature
general sessions on "Innovation" and
"Education." The afternoon program will be comprised
of a session on "Job Creation" and a session that is yet
to be announced.
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Confirmed attendees for the summit (as of April 25) include:
U.S. Congressman Robert
Aderholt,
R-Alabama
U.S. Congressman
Hal Rogers,
R-Kentucky
U.S. Congressman
Lincoln Davis,
D-Tennessee
U.S. Congressman
Zach Wamp,
R-Tennessee
Governor Phil
Bredesen, State
of Tennessee
Joe
Ferguson, President and CEO, The Enterprise Center
Steve Beale, Procurement Officer, NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
Carol Elliott, Contracting Officer,
National Nuclear Security Administration, Y-12 Site Office
Judy Wilson, Director of Procurement
and Contracts, U.S. DOE--Oak Ridge Operations
Tom Ballard, Director, Economic and
Development Partnerships, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Eric Cromwell, Director of Technology,
Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
Matt Kisher,
Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
Dr. Jeff
Wadsworth,
Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
K.R. Sridhar,
CEO, Ion America
Chuck Atkins,
Minority Staff Directory, Science Committee, U.S. House of
Representatives
Dr. John Petersen,
President, University of Tennessee System
Dr. Roger Brown,
Chancellor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Dr. Frank Franz,
President, University of Alabama-Huntsville
Dr. Paul Stanton,
President, East Tennessee State University
Sandy Baruah,
Asst. Secretary for Economic Development, U.S. Department of Commerce
Tom Rogers,
President and CEO, Technology 2020
Ben Ritchey,
Vice President of the Transportation Market Sector, Battelle
Jim Clinton,
Executive Director, Southern Growth Policies Board
Interested in attending or sponsoring the summit?
Click
here to register and see the full two-day agenda
Questions? Contact Jenn
Wade: 615-329-9525 or jwade@akinscrisp.com
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Existing
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SCA Tissue Receives
2006
Pollution Prevention Award
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Gary Ellis, Ombudsman, ADEM, presents a P2 Award to Jim Haeffele, Director of Southeast Operations,
SCA
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SCA Tissue North
America--Barton Operations has once again been honored by
the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) for its
outstanding environmental practices.
The SCA facility in the
Barton Riverfront Industrial Park received a 2005 Achievement Award
in Pollution Prevention (P2) for demonstrating the environmental
benefits of pollution prevention techniques and practices through
individual projects and activities. These innovative pollution
prevention, recycling and reuse practices save energy and help
reduce or eliminate environmental contaminants.
The company reduced inert waste sent
to landfills by 70 percent while achieving savings associated with
disposal fees. An additional benefit to the community was the
reduction of airborne vehicle emissions from trucks hauling on and
off site.
"We congratulate SCA Tissue for
achieving meaningful pollution reduction through its efficient
management and use of resources," said ADEM Director Trey
Glenn. "This success story will encourage other companies
to embrace pollution prevention as the preferred method of doing
business."
Robin Wood, Utilities & Environmental
Manager, SCA, expressed appreciation to SCA employees,
"We are very proud of our Barton Environmental Awareness Team
as well as all of the Barton employees for making this recycling
program a huge success. Without our excellent employees and
team members, we couldn't have done it." Group
Photo (.pdf) (SCA -- April 25, 2006)
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SCA's Website
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Robin Wood, Utilities & Environmental Manager,
SCA, addresses the assembled group as Gary Eliis, Ombudsman, ADEM,
looks on
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For more information on P2 Pollution
Prevention, see the following federal and state websites:
Environmental
Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/p2home/
Alabama Department of
Environmental Management: http://www.adem.state.al.us/Education%20Div/P2%20Program/P2MainPage.htm
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Available
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Lovelace
Building
4300 Helton Drive
Florence, AL 35630
30,500
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Floor
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Air
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Production--25,500
Office--5,000
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