DeKalb County EDA

Major Industries in DeKalb County

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Union: Cagle, Inc.
Wade Hankinson
PO Box 376
Collinsville, AL
Poultry Processing
1,100
None

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Union: Cooper Hosiery Mills, Inc.
Mack Cooper
PO Box 680909
Fort Payne 35968
Socks
900
None

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Union: Sara Lee Bakery Group
Gary Kennedy
PO Box 680560
Fort Payne 35968
Baked Goods
900
Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers, 95% membership

Top: the Heil Company's facility; bottom: North Fort Payne industries.

Company: Manager: Address: Product: Employment: Union:	V.I. Prewett & Sons, Inc. David Bare PO Box 680258 Fort Payne 35968 Socks 500 None	Heil Company Wayne Smith PO Box 680109 Fort Payne 35968 Garbage Truck Bodies 400 None
Company: Manager: Address: Product: Employment: Union:	DeSoto Mills Bob Keller Po Box 680228 Fort Payne 35968 Socks 350 None	Shaw Industries John Nix PO Box 170 Valley Head, AL 35989 Carpet Yarn 320 None
Company: Manager: Address: Product: Employment: Union:	Siemens Westinghouse, Inc. Mike Archibald PO Box 680969 Fort Payne 35968 Electric Coils 320 None	Vulcraft, Inc. (NUCOR) Jim Campbell PO Box 680169 Fort Payne 35968 Steel Joists 320 None
Company: Manager: Address: Product: Employment: Union:	Johnson Hosiery Mills, Inc. Charles Johnson PO Box 89 Fort Payne 35967 Children's Socks 300 None	Gametime, Inc. Mr . Bob Farnsworth PO Box 680121 Fort Payne 35968 Playground Equipment 285 None
Company: Manager: Address: Product: Employment: Union:	Ferguson Distribution Greg Cannon 2500 Jordan Road SW Fort Payne 35968 Plumbing/HVAC 167 None	Rainsville Technology, Inc. Katsuhiko Tani 602 Industrial Drive Rainsville 35986 Extruded Plastic - Automobile 135 None
Company: Manager: Address: Product: Employment: Union:	Varco-Pruden Bobby Sparks PO Box 429 Rainsville 35986 Structural Frames 114 None	Galbreath, Inc. Mark Dories Highway 75 Ider, AL 35981 Waste Handling Equipment 97 None

In December 1995, a Winimac, Indiana firm located in DeKalb County, Alabama. The firm started production a month earlier than anticipated and has had three major plant expansions.

Production has far exceeded owner expectations and employment has increased from the projected forty to around 100. Because of success such as this, another Indiana company chose DeKalb County as the location for a plastic extrusion facility in March of 1996.