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| INDUSTRIAL GROWTH OF PARIS IN THE 1980’s & 1990’s The additions to our economic base has produced well in excess of 1,800 new industrial jobs which in turn has produced hundreds of jobs in the retail and service sectors. When you consider that 85% of all new jobs are created by existing industry, we should be reminded to "take care of our industries and they will take care of the community." Special ‘thank you’ to our local industries for having faith in our community and in our workforce. 1983: Southwestern Foundry arrived in Paris 1985: Kimberly-Clark arrived in Paris and constructed a new facility 1988: Paris Industries moved into the old Hollywood Vassarette facility 1989: Paris Sewing started operating in the new Hollywood Vasarette facility 1989: Kimberly-Clark expanded their new facility by 300,000 sq. ft- employment doubled 1989: Tenaska Power Plant completed 1989: Campbell Soup added a 75,000 sq. ft. distribution center 1991: Campbell Soup added 250,000 sq. ft. Prego addition 1993: Rodgers-Wade added 35,000 sq. ft. to their plant 1993: Kimberly-Clark expanded by 80,000 sq. ft. 1993: We Pack opened in Paris at two locations 1993: Earthgrains expanded by 60,000 sq. ft. 1994: Rodgers-Wade added an additional 15,000 sq. ft. 1994: Rodgers-Wade purchased the 80,000 sq. ft. UARCO building 1994: Campbell Soup expanded an additional 65,000 sq. ft. 1994: Precision Printing & Packaging expanded an additional 63,030 sq. ft. 1994: Paris Industries expanded 75,000 sq. ft. 1997: Rodgers Wade added 45,000 sq. ft. 1997: Exide Warehouse 26 employees, 40,000 sq. ft. 1998: Wall Concrete Pipe sold – CSR Wall 1998: We Pack added 125,000 sq. ft. 1998: Precision Printing became Paris Packaging 162 employees 1998: Buster Paving Transportation Services 157 employees 1998: B & W became Turner International Piping Systems 300 employees 1999: Pace Picante Sauce 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 - 400 employees 2001: Sesame Solutions expansion 2001: Sara Lee- purchased Earthgrains-750 employees 2002: Turner International Piping expansion 2003: C-Tech Inc. - 30,000 sq. ft. - Computer Company |
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