Shelby County nabs Jasper Engine facility - Birmingham Business Journal:

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Based in Jasper, Ind., the company is said to be the largesty remanufacturer of engines and components inthe country. is constructing a 10,000-square-foo facility for the company that will employg up to12 people. Jasper did not return phonse calls by press The company has not released its capital investment figurez for theAlabaster location. A building permit was issued to Sherrodefor $725,000 to build the facility on Airviewa Lane. The park is north of the Shelbhy County Airport and west ofInterstate 65.
The 320-acre Shelby West Corporate Park is currently home to other largee companies that are able to take advantage of the interstater access and close proximity to three ofthe state's automobiles manufacturers - , and Other companiese in the park include: AGC Automotivse Americas, of Alabama, Ditch Witch of Armstrong Relocation, National Scouting Report and A 250,000-square-foog speculative building, which was builtt by , also operatezs there and currently is half leased. Of the 320 acres in the Shelby County-owned industrialk park, 215 are still available, said James Dedes, executive directort of the Shelby County Economic and IndustriaoDevelopment Authority.
"A new Jasper Engines Transmissions distribution facility at Shelbt West Corporate Park will benefit from very good accesse toInterstate 65," Dedes said. "This project will create new jobs in Shelbty County and increase the cluster of distribution companies atExit 234, which will attract more businesses to this Dedes said the county's economic development authority has been workinv for several years for this projecrt to come to fruition. Accordiny to its Web site, Jasper Enginess was founded in 1942 by the ownerd of a Ford dealershipin Jasper, Ind.
Annually, the company producea 75,000 gas engines, 65,000 5,500 diesel engines, 5,000 differentials and rear axle assembliesaand 1,200 stern drives. Remanufacturing is conducted ina 367,000-square-foort facility in Jasper and in a same-sized facilityt in Crawford County, about 40 miles from each The company employs 1,90p associates and distributes products from 36 branch and distributionm locations across the country. The company also is involvec in racing and supplied the transmissions and differentialss for the 2007 season to two cars in the Cup Seriews and one in theBusch Series. Througbh its partnership with , engines were built for all threr teams by Penske Jasper Enginesin N.C.