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Royal Tech. set to break ground in September
CULLMAN — With as many as 300 jobs on the way to Cullman, the city council is paving the way to make Royal Technologies’ expansion into the area an easy one.
The city approved plans this week to extend a waterline to the Industrial Park 5 plot that will soon host the Michigan-based injection molding and urethane foam company’s newest manufacturing plant.
“We’re doing all we can to get things ready right up to the property,” Cullman Mayor Max Townson said.
Royal Technologies is slated to break ground on the new plant in early September, Townson said.
The city has solicited bids for the waterline work, which is estimated to cost approximately $212,600. The city should be reimbursed through the Amendment 666 Bond Commission when the work is completed.
Once Royal Technologies eventually opens its Cullman location, approximately 200-300 new jobs should be created within the next few years, as the company follows up with additional phases of expansion.
The new, approximately 125,000-square-foot Royal manufacturing facility will be located on a 26.6-acre plot beside the Alabama Cullman Yutaka Corporation (ACYT), near the corner of Highway 157 and Highway 278.
As part of the incentive package to bring Royal Technologies to Cullman County, the city also approved a tax abatement for the company — though education taxes are not affected.
“That’s standard procedure throughout Alabama to attract companies,” city attorney Roy Williams said.
Cullman Economic Development Assistant Director Dale Greer said the new plant should be a boost for the local economy, especially considering the current economic slump.
“We’re glad to see things continuing to move forward,” Greer said in a previous interview. “They’re a quality company and when things get started it will create jobs for a lot of people.”
The company’s five-year investment for the project — including land, construction and equipment — is expected to total as much as $30 million.
When positions are eventually posted for the Cullman plant, they should be listed on the company’s official Web site (www.royal-plastics.com).
Royal Technologies Director of Strategic Development Mike Furst declined to comment on the expansion.
- Trent Moore can be reached by e-mail at trentm@cullmantimes.com, or by telephone at 734-2131, ext. 225.
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