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New Era Cap starts work on $2 million expansion project at Jackson facility
A groundbreaking had to be curtailed because of the rainy, cold weather and the program was held inside but it did not damper the fact that 40 or more new jobs will be added at the Jackson facility to bring total employment to about 400. A 50,000 square feet addition will bring the total plant to 117,500 square feet and will house critical production operations currently located in Mobile. That includes fabric cutting, heat seal and finished cap embroidery functions. New Era produces headwear, including caps for Major League and Minor League baseball teams. Joe Zwirecki and Jim Patterson, executives from the home office in Buffalo, New York thanked those who helped to make the expansion possible. Patterson noted that of New Era's 1,600 employees worldwide, 950 of them are in Alabama (at Jackson, Demopolis and Mobile facilities), with over 360 working in the Jackson plant. Jackson Mayor Richard Long thanked New Era for the $2 million commitment to the city and state. He also thanked others, including the Clarke County Commission for releasing $500,000 in industrial funds for the project. The money is from congressional appropriations received by the county. Cooper Brothers Construction of Selma is the contractor for the addition and company president Tom Bolton was complimentary of the way the area is working for growth.
"I've never seen this level of commitment" and cooperation by industry and governmental leaders, he observed. "This is our fourth job in Clarke County [the company is working on the new Clarke County High School in Grove Hill now). We may want to open an office here."
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