Advanced MANUFACTURING

John Haley, Senior Vice President, Business DevelopmentDuval (Jacksonville) is one of two counties in Florida that currently has a positive absolute growth in advanced manufacturing. With a flexible, mission-oriented and skilled workforce, Jacksonville is known for its high work ethic. Less than two percent of the advanced manufacturing industry here is unionized. Northeast Florida is a high in-migration area, and it's easy to attract employees to jobs in Jacksonville.

  • Our advanced manufacturing industries are diverse and include companies in traditional manufacturing industries, such as plastics, food processing and printing, as well as those that are engaged in breakthrough technologies, including electronics, medical devices and aviation and aerospace.
  • Who will your neighbors be? Volkswagen of America, Dr Pepper/Cadbury Schweppes, General Motors Service Parts Operations, Mercedes Benz USA, Nissan Motor Corporation, Southeast Toyota, Dura Corporation and International Parts Locators, just to name a few.
  • Today’s advanced manufacturing demands superior intellect to operate and maintain the highly sophisticated capital equipment required to be competitive. Strong partnerships with the region’s colleges and universities, such as WorkSource, exist to help maintain the high knowledge base here. Additionally, extraordinary emphasis is placed on continuing education to keep employee’s skills at a world-class level.

 

Recent Expansion & Relocations in Manufacturing
  

Company Name

Type of Business

Projected New Jobs

Date

NX Infrastructure 

Steel Manufacturer 

30 

05/27/2009 

Science First

Scientific classroom aid production/distribution 

20 

05/13/2009 

Oshkosh Truck Corporation

Heavy Manufacturing

100

6/20/2008

H. C. Schau & Son, Inc.

Food processesing facility

30

3/18/2008

Florida Boilerplate

Manufacturer - Boiler Tubes and Panels

25

3/1/2008

International Baler

Baler manufacturer

15

12/6/2007

St. Johns Ship Building

Ship building company

73

10/25/2007

Trend Offset Printing

Full service printer

30

9/20/2007

J. C. Renfro & Sons

Cranes Accessory Mfg

32

9/13/2007

Powerfleet, Inc.

Machinery Refurbishing Facility

25

3/8/2007

AWP LLC

Manufacturer of Hurricane Resistant Windows

75

1/12/2007

Shoreline Plastics

Plastics extrusion

50

1/8/2007

Beaver Street Fisheries

Seafood processing and storage

50

1/4/2007

First Coast Recycling

Metal recycler

20

12/6/2006

Marble Today

Natural stone counter tops

20

12/6/2006

MTX Boats

Boat manufacturer

25

12/6/2006

Shore Master

Maufacturer of floating docks

50

12/6/2006

Concrete Reinforcements, Inc.

Wire mesh manufacturer

30

11/27/2006

Beaver Street Fisheries, Inc./BSF, LLC

Processing and distribution of frozen foods

50

10/13/2006

Alpha Packaging

Plastics Manufacturer

35

9/28/2006

American Access Technologies

Expansion/Retention

20

6/7/2006

Belmarmi, Inc.

Marble Products Manufacture

50

1/10/2006


Let Cornerstone’s professional staff assist you with your next advanced manufacturing relocation or expansion. We can help you identify available financial incentives; research relevant zoning, permitting and governmental processes; locate customized demographic and labor market information; and find the right industrial building, site or office space and conduct personal site inspection tours.