The company is planning to invest $8.5 million for the fabrication center in Kingsport.
KINGSPORT, Tennessee —O’Neal Manufacturing Services (OMS) reported that it will invest $8.5 million to open a 41,000-square-foot steel fabrication facility in Kingsport as part of a project that will create more than 25 jobs in the community.
O’Neal Manufacturing Services stated in a release that it provides quality carbon steel and aluminum parts for customers that manufacture equipment for construction, agriculture, material handling, transportation, and other industries. The company’s custom steel fabrication center in Kingsport will support medium-to heavy-gauge steel fabrication, including steel plate burning, machining, shot blasting, and flattening.
O’Neal Manufacturing Services is a subsidiary of Birmingham-based O’Neal Industries, reported to be the nation’s largest family-owned network of metal service centers and component and tube manufacturing businesses.
“We are excited to be opening our first location in the beautiful state of Tennessee,” said O’Neal Manufacturing Services President and CEO Kent Brown, in the release. “The state and local agencies were incredibly supportive, and their involvement and assistance were instrumental in choosing Tennessee for this expansion.”
Also in the release, Kingsport Mayor Paul Montgomery confirmed that it was his honor “to join Governor Lee and Commissioner McWhorter in welcoming O’Neal Manufacturing Services to Kingsport, where they will invest $8.5 million and create 29 high-paying jobs for our citizens,” he stated.
“For more than 100 years, this company has been synonymous with the highest quality metal components for a wide range of industries,” Montgomery continued. “Our great labor force, supported by the very best workforce development and education partners, pro-business city and county governments, and the seamless work of our city’s economic development department, NETWORKS Sullivan Partnership, and TNECD’s Northeast Tennessee office, have brought an outstanding corporate citizen to the Model City.”