Airgas to build $64 million plant in Tuscaloosa, hire 28

URLhttps://www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20150326/airga
Sourcetuscaloosanews.com
Date Published03/26/2015
Author NamePatrick Rupinski
Mentions specific company case(s) of reshoring, kept from offshoring, or transplantYes

Additional Reshoring Information:

Company/Division name Airgas Merchant Gases LLC
Parent companyAir Liquide
Type of work Manufacturing
If manufacturing, is the company a contract manufacturer?Yes
Reshoring category:Foreign Direct Investment
Total number of jobs (added or to be added):28
Year reshoring announced:2015
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented:2017
Capital investment ($):64
Country(ies) from which reshored:France
City reshored to:Tuscaloosa
State(s) reshored to:AL
If relevant, work nearshored to:-
Industry(ies):Chemicals
Product(s) reshoredindustrial gases
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive?Other, chem update
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive?Customer responsiveness improvement, Government Incentives, Proximity to customers/market
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