Eufaula courting South Korean agricultural business for possible East Alabama manufacturing facility

EUFAULA, Ala. (WRBL) — Eufaula is working overseas prospective clients as the East Alabama local community actions up its financial enhancement match.

It is all an global hard work to protected great-paying out manufacturing work opportunities. 

Eufaula Mayor Jack Tibbs and the city’s financial developers are hoping to attract the South Korean enterprise to a web page in this industrial park on the north side of town. 

Tibbs has designed two visits to South Korea, the most the latest just one final thirty day period. He is operating to get Jang Automation to dedicate to Eufaula.  

The business already has a U.S. presence in Michigan and they looking to identify a production facility in the U.S.  

Tibbs fulfilled with enterprise President Jae Su Jang at the company’s headquarters about an hour and a 50 % out of Seoul. Now it is his likelihood to showcase Eufaula. 

I talked to President Jang through the company’s Normal Manager Ji Yong Jeong. 

“It is a compact farm small business, environmentally friendly home enterprise,” Jang claimed. “We have a small business prepare. And it matches Mr. Jack Tibbs strategy. And our strategy is the same – exact same target to open a business enterprise. That’s why Mr. Jang arrived to meet up with the chamber of Eufaula metropolis.” 

Tibbs and Eufaula financial builders are functioning to secure the enterprise.

“We have boots on the ground in Korea and he appears to be for prospects,” Tibbs mentioned. “This is one of the prospective customers. And this was an agricultural space listed here in this element of Alabama. So, it is kind of good fit. They make planters for planting seeds from the tiny farmer all the way up to the large farmer. Some of you can pull behind a tractor. Some you can force. They are interested in this place simply because of the agriculture.”