Recent Success Stories

 “Imperial Dade’s expansion proves what we already knew – job growth is on the rise on the Alabama Gulf Coast.”

— Alabama Governor Kay Ivey

Imperial Dade, a leading independently owned and operated distributor of food service packaging and janitorial supplies, developed a new logistics hub in Baldwin County. The 225,000-square-foot building is located along County Road 49 in Loxley and supports the company’s expanding customer base and continued growth along the Gulf Coast. Imperial Dade’s new facility is bringing than $20 million in total investment to Baldwin County, and creating 55 new jobs.

The new logistics hub, developed and owned by I-10 Gulf Coast Logistics Center LLC, is the first Class-A industrial facility constructed in Baldwin County, with Imperial Dade making the move from their existing Loxley location. In close proximity to Interstate 10, the location provides easy access to the entire Gulf Coast market, including the nearby Port of Mobile. The center is also located just south of the new 564,000-square-foot ALDI regional headquarters and distribution center. Phase two of the development is currently being marketed, offering a total of 255,000 square feet in two additional buildings capable of accommodating tenants as small as 20,000 square feet.

“We are ready to bring the ALDI difference to new markets in Alabama, like Baldwin County. We’re ramping up our expansion plans to meet the growing demand along the Gulf Coast.”

— Dan Gavin – ALDI’s Vice President of Real Estate

ALDI U.S., a grocery retail industry leader since 1976, announced the completion of a new regional headquarters and distribution center in Baldwin County to support the company’s growing footprint along the Gulf Coast. The retailer purchased 160 acres in Loxley’s industrial and warehousing district along Interstate 10. The 564,000-square-foot facility is bringing approximately $100 million in capital investment and creating 200 jobs for Loxley and Baldwin County.

The new Loxley regional headquarters and distribution center serves new ALDI stores in southern Alabama, Louisiana, and the Florida panhandle. ALDI has opened almost 70 new stores recently across its entire footprint, which puts the company on pace to become the third-largest U.S. grocer by store count.

“Ecovery’s fourth expansion is made possible by our dedicated, hard-working team, which has enabled us to be successful as people and as a company. We have grown from a 35,000-square-foot facility to a nearly 170,000-square-foot facility with a goal of 120 employees to prepare ourselves for future expansions in Loxley.”

— Kevin Sloan – CEO and managing member of Ecovery LLC

Working to take valuable metals out of scrap material, Ecovery continues to be a North American leader of non-ferrous metal processing. As a Baldwin County-based, family-owned company operated by three successive generations, Ecovery continues to blaze a trail in the metal separation industry. With a specialization in the shredding, granulation, and separation of copper and aluminum bearing scrap, Ecovery has grown to become one of the largest metal recyclers in the Southeast over the last decade.

Ecovery recently completed their fourth expansion, in the last 10 years, at their Baldwin County facility. Driven by an increase in sales and production, the new 100,000-square-foot facility houses new equipment that will help create 30 new jobs and more than $5 million in capital investment in Baldwin County.

“When so many companies are outsourcing manufacturing overseas, we are committed to manufacturing products right here in Alabama, made by the people of Alabama.”

— Keith Schumacher – CEO of Kaishan Compressor USA

Kaishan Group, based in Quzhou, China, is the world’s third-largest manufacturer of air compressors. With modern, specialized manufacturing facilities positioned in seven strategic locations, Kaishan’s global reach and diverse portfolio of highly engineered products have built a strong reputation for meeting the needs of its multi-national company clientele. Kaishan Group broke ground on a new U.S. corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility in Baldwin County in 2018 and is already planning an expansion. Over $11 million is being invested into this expansion to enhance manufacturing capabilities and create fifty new jobs that will pay more than 150% higher than the average wage in Baldwin County. With a 60-year track record, Kaishan has become a significant engineering and production company supplying compressed air, refrigeration, power generation, and mining equipment to over sixty countries and regions, including Southeast Asia, Australia, Europe, Japan, Korea, Russia, Africa, and Latin America.

Chonex, a soil health company based in Birmingham, Alabama, recently expanded in Baldwin County with a 10.5-acre facility. Adjacent to their current 6,000-square-foot facility, which recycles one ton of manure each day, is their new 90,000-square-foot processing plant capable of recycling up to 12 tons of manure per day.

StrongSoil is putting biology back into the soil of Baldwin County. Healthy soil means healthier food for residents of Baldwin County and thanks to StrongSoil, the typical regenerative agricultural timeline of 8-12 years is cut in half, providing huge cost savings in time and input. The $12 million investment is creating 145 jobs in Baldwin County.