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Photos: Protomet announces 200-job, $30 million expansion

Posted at 5:15 pm February 2, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

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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.

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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)

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Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Media, Oak Ridge, Photos Tagged With: Bethel Valley Industrial Park, Brandon Godsey, expansion, Jeff Bohanan, John Huling, Nana Liberatore, Protomet, Protomet Corporation, Walt Weaver

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