Protomet Corporation on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, announced a $30 million, 200-job expansion, but the landlocked company could move to another county —or even another state. The company’s last $6.25 million expansion started in 2013 and was completed in 2014, and it more than doubled the size of the company’s operations. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Protomet Corporation on Tuesday announced a $30 million, 200-job expansion, but the landlocked company could move to another county —or even another state. Protomet is now located in the Bethel Valley Industrial Park in south Oak Ridge.
Here are photos from a press conference and the manufacturing floor at Protomet on Tuesday, February 2.
Jeff Bohanan, Protomet founder and chief executive officer, announces a $30 million, 200-job expansion but says the Oak Ridge-based company is looking at all of its options, including possibly moving to other locations in Roane County, Loudon and Monroe counties, and South Carolina. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Protomet team leader John Huling works on grab rails for boats on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Protomet machine operator Nana Liberatore works on arm rests for boats on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Protomet saw operator Brandon Godsey cuts aluminum to the right size and then distributes it around the production floor. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
The Protomet manufacturing floor is pictured above on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Production associate Walt Weaver works at Protomet on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Protomet team leader John Huling works on grab rails for boats on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Machine operator Nana Liberatore is from Georgia, south of Russia, and she said Protomet is a great company to work for. On Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, Liberatore was working on arm rests for boats. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Protomet Corporation on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, announced a $30 million, 200-job expansion, but the landlocked company could move to another county —or even another state. Pictured above is Protomet production associate Walt Weaver. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
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