Mayor Jim Staff, Chamber of Commerce Director Sheryl Vickery and chamber
president Ellis Beachy attended Monday's ground-breaking at Brookley
Field in Mobile Richard Maxwell, president of the Atmore Industrial
Development Board, said Airbus, at least for now, will have parts produced
overseas and shipped to the plant for assembly. He added that it will take a few
years before suppliers move into the area. But Atmore officials have made sure
they are known in the Airbus process. Mayor Jim Staff, Chamber of Commerce
Director Sheryl Vickery and chamber president Ellis Beachy attended Monday’s
ground-breaking at Brookley Field in Mobile.
Beachy,
also owner of Escofab in Atmore, a metal fabrication and machining facility,
said he does expect the plant to have an impact.
“If
it doesn’t affect existing business, it will bring in new business,” he said.
“There will be an opportunity for companies to supply through the building
process and through the manufacturing as well.” Click here for article in the Atmore Advance, AL