With the loss of a major employer and the area unemployment rate hovering around 10%, the need to create an organization to market the area and attract new jobs was established. HADCO was born in 1992.
InfoCision Management Corporation located a
call center in Huntington
Applied Card Systems opened a large credit card
processing facility in Cabell County
Sitel Corporation, Millennium Teleservices,
TeleSpectrum and Client Logic opened new call
centers in downtown Huntington
Alcon Surgical constructed an additional facility
to manufacture new products and expand employment
by 150
Okuno International of Japan purchased the 50,000
square foot shell building at Prichard Industrial
Park to manufacture hydraulic lift arms for forklifts
employing 50
Peachtree Companies opened and expanded an East
Coast window manufacturing facility in Huntington
employing 550
Riverside Manufacturing opened a nationwide
distribution facility in Wayne county for United
Parcel Service
S&S Tire located a 150,000 square foot tire
distribution facility in Huntington
Constellation Energy built a $90 million gas-fired
peaking plant in Wayne County
Level One Fasteners relocated a fastener manufacturing
facility from California to Huntington
Amazon.com located its East Coast Customer Service
Center in Huntington employing 375
United Airlines/Mileage Plusconstructed a new
frequent flyer redemption facility in Barboursville
to employ 335
Alliance Research located a marketing research
center in downtown Huntington employing 150
Medical Claims Assistance purchased a building
downtown and expanded, employing 150
Marshall Hall of Fame Cafe opened in downtown
Huntington employing 95
An Italian firm, Sogefi, will locate in the
Prichard Industrial Park investing $27 Million
and building a 215,000 square foot facility to
employ 150
Star Technologies, a new company formed from
Adel Fasteners, located in a new facility in Huntington
employing 15
Portec leased additional land at the Huntington
Industrial Center for expansion of its facility
American Foundation for the Blind opened a Research
and Technology Center in Huntington
GC Services opened and expanded its inbound and
outbound call center in Cabell County
