|
|
| INDUSTRIAL HISTORY 1856: Rodgers-Wade Mfg. Company 80 employees 1946: Wall Concrete 55 employees 1951: Westinghouse, now Philips Lighting 152 employees 1952: Babcock and Wilcox 658 employees, now Turner International Piping Systems 300 employees 1998 1959: Flex-O-Lite 63 employees 1959: Oliver Rubber Company 29 employees 1962: Superior Technology 35 employees 1964: Campbell Soup Company 1,600 employees 1968: We Craft 30 employees 1972: Precision Printing & Packaging 85 employees, now Paris Packaging, Inc., 165 employees 1998 1972: T & K Machine, Inc. 46 employees 1974: Merico, Earth Grains Division, 720 employees 1980: Southwestern Foundry 32 employees 1983: Kimberly-Clark 850 employees, now 1000+ employees 1985: Paris Industries, Div. of Foam Plastics Corp., 300 employees 1993: We Pack 110 employees now over 250 employees 1998: Silgan – purchased the Campbell’s can plant, 140 employees 1998: Buster Paving 157 employees 1999: Pace Picante Sauce added to Campbell Soup, 150 employees 1999: Florida Power & Light, Lamar Power Partners 1000 mw powerplant 46 employees 1999: Rodgers Wade added 40,000 sq. ft. 1999: Kimberly - Clark addition of Distribution Center 2000: Earthgrains expansion of 35,000 sq. ft.; 40 employees 2000: TCIM Services employs 400 people 2001: Sesame Solutions expansion 2002: Turner International Piping - 30,000 sq. ft. expansion 2002: Paris Custom Trailers- 12 employees 2003: C-Tech Inc. - 30,000 sq. ft. Computer Company 2004: The first phase of the Paris Industrial Park is finished. |
Contents © Lamar
County Chamber of Commerce 2005
All Rights Reserved Lamar County Chamber of Commerce