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July 2005
Pearson Government Solutions Expands
Presence In Corbin, Kentucky
Citizen and Immigration Services and
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Extend Contracts, Creating 150
New Jobs
ARLINGTON, VA (July 7, 2005) -
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Citizen and Immigration
Services (CIS) agency extended for an additional year their call center
contract with Pearson Government Solutions effective June 1, 2005. As a
result, Pearson will maintain the existing 330 jobs supporting CIS at
its facility in Corbin, Kentucky.
Mac Curtis, President and CEO of Pearson Government Solutions, also
announced that Pearson is expanding its workforce in Corbin through the
addition of customer service representative positions for its contract
with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Read the entire
PRESS RELEASE
for more details.
June 2005
ANACOMP OPENS NEW CORBIN DATA CENTER
New Facility to Provide Information
Management Solutions
SAN DIEGO, CA (June 07, 2005) - Anacomp,
Inc. today announced the opening of a new facility in Corbin, Kentucky
to support projects with the Department of Homeland Security and other
government and commercial customers. The facility will provide digital
image capture services, as well as indexing, storage and information
management solutions. The Kentucky facility will join Anacomp’s other
information management production centers located in North America and
Western Europe. Read the
entire press
release for more details.
July 2004
Pepsi expanding to superpark
BY J. ANDREWS
Staff Writer, Times-Tribune
CORBIN, KY (July 8, 2004) - CTA Acoustics is about to have a
new neighbor in the Southeastern Kentucky Regional Industrial Park.
Alvin Sharpe, chairman of the Southeastern Kentucky
Industrial Development Authority, said Pepsi Cola Bottling Company of
Corbin has entered into an agreement with the authority for an 18-year
capital lease on its 55,000 square foot spec building in the superpark.
Read the entire Times-Tribune article
for more details.
November 2003
Southeastern Kentucky Rehabilitation Industries (SEKRI)
Named “Grand All-Star” at 2003 Apparel Magazine All-Star Awards
SEKRI Recognized As One of the
Most Progressive Firms In
Apparel Manufacturing Business
CORBIN, KY (November 24, 2003) –
Southeastern Kentucky Rehabilitation Industries (SEKRI), a community
rehabilitation program that employs more than 600 people with
disabilities to manufacture clothing and other sewn products for the
U.S. Department of Defense, was named “Grand All-Star” at the 2003
Apparel Magazine All-Star Awards held recently at a ceremony in Raleigh,
NC. Read the entire Press Release
for more details.
September 2003
CTA committed to Corbin, official says
Times-Tribune Staff report
CORBIN, KY - Despite a significant
layoff at CTA Acoustics, the company’s chairman has reaffirmed plans
for the Corbin plant. In a statement released Wednesday by CTA
Chairman Jim Pike, plans for the new 350,000-square foot facility
are still being completed even though the company is seeking to cut
its workforce by about 100 employees over the next two weeks.
“Despite challenging business conditions and our tragedy earlier
this year, there is no change of direction in CTA’s plan,” Pike
said. Read the entire Times-Tribune article
for more details.
July 2003
Rogers announces deal for Datatrac
Times-Tribune Staff report
CORBIN, KY - U.S. Representative
Hal Rogers (KY-5) has announced that the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) has awarded a long-term contract that will allow the
Immigration Card Processing Center in Corbin to continue making
fraud-proof identification cards that are used by the federal
government. The 10-year, $149 million contract was awarded directly
to Datatrac Information Services, Inc., which operates the high-tech
card making facility in Corbin. Read the entire Times-Tribune article
for more details.
May 2003
30 high-tech jobs coming to
Corbin
BY EDDIE ARNOLD
Staff Writer, News Journal
CORBIN, KY - City, county,
state and federal officials gathered in Corbin on Monday to welcome
Corbin's newest industrial citizen. Congressman Harold Rogers, along
with local economic development officials, formally announced plans
by NucSafe to locate a manufacturing facility in south Corbin.
NucSafe, headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, manufactures a wide
variety of radiation detection equipment systems for the nuclear
safeguards law enforcement agencies and federal agencies charged
with providing nuclear safety and protecting public security. Read
the entire News Journal article
for more details.
NucSafe expansion project
bringing jobs to corbin
BY J. GRIFFITTS POWERS
Staff Writer, Times-Tribune
CORBIN, KY - Homeland security has
been brought a bit closer to home for those living in the
Tri-County. NucSafe, an Oak Ridge, Tennessee based
manufacturer of security systems designed to detect radioactive
material, will soon be producing in the Tri-County Industrial Park.
Read the entire Times-Tribune article
for more details.
March 2003
CTA breaking ground for future
Company; local officials honor victims of explosion
BY J. GRIFFITTS POWERS
Staff Writer, Times-Tribune
CORBIN, KY - CTA Acoustics, Inc.
designated Friday as a day for looking ahead while at the same time
never forgetting. Friday morning, company executives gathered with
local government officials to honor the six members of the CTA
family killed in the Feb. 20 explosion as well as to begin making
plans for the company's next step in recovery - a new facility. Read
the entire
Times-Tribune article for more details.
CTA announces plans to rebuild in
Corbin area
Company making plans
to build new plant in Southeast Kentucky Business Park
BY EDDIE ARNOLD
Staff Writer, News Journal
CORBIN, KY - Officials with CTA Acoustics announced on
Thursday that the company has plans to remain in the Corbin area. In
a press release, James J. Pike, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of CTA Acoustics, Inc., announced that the company has selected a
47-acre site in the Southeast Kentucky Regional Industrial Park as
the proposed future home for the company's Corbin plant. Read the
entire News Journal article
for more details.
September
2002
AISIN AUTOMOTIVE CONFIRMS 150 NEW
JOBS WITH EXPANSION
CORBIN,
KY - Since the
announcement of an upcoming expansion at Aisin Automotive Castings (AAC)
last month, according to company officials, Aisin will be
introducing approximately 150 jobs to the Tri-County’s economic
pool, thanks to new contracts with Toyota and General Motors. See
Aisin Press Release 2
for more details.
August 2002
AISIN
AUTOMOTIVE PLANNING $43 MILLION EXPANSION
CORBIN,
KY - The London-Laurel
County Industrial Authority has approved the issuance of industrial revenue
bonds for up to $43 million to be used for an expansion project at Aisin
Automotive Castings, which is located in Lily, according to Aisin Human
Resources Manager Bruce Daeger. Aisin manufactures aluminum diecast engine
components for Toyota and Honda, he said. See
Aisin Press Release for
more details.
March 2002
CALL
CENTER OPENING TO BRING 400 JOBS TO CORBIN
CORBIN, Ky. -
NCS Pearson, a subsidiary of Pearson Education, is expected to
provide up to 400 new jobs at a new location in Corbin. The company is a
global provider of applications, services and technologies for education,
testing, assessment, government and complex data management. See
Pearson Press Release 2
for more details.
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