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Fulton County and Hickman County EDP

P.O. Box 1413   ·   Fulton, Kentucky 42041

270-472-2125 · Cell 270-627-3716 · Fax 270-472-1944

email: fultoneconomic@bellsouth.net


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Employers 

Major Business & Industry in Fulton & Hickman Counties

Company Product(s)/Service(s)

Emp.

Year
Estab.
Fulton (Fulton County)
Ferry Morse Seed Company Seed products 128 2005
Letica Corp Plastic shipping containers 185 1999
Turner Holdings LLC Milk and milk containers 100 1965
Burkes Parsons Bowlby Crossties treatment 55 2007
Hartt Transportation Systems Trucking service 43 2007
Glenn's Contractor Manufacture of sewing goods 10 2008
Hickman (Fulton County)
Bermag Industries LLC Prototype aluminum, zinc, and bronze castings; Heat-treating; machining; rapid prototyping 15 2005
Hickman Pipe & Tube Inc Steel sprinkler system pipe 15 1989
Insteel Wire Co Concrete reinforcement wire 38 1995
SGL Carbon LLC Graphite electrodes 63 1990
Clinton (Hickman County)
Harper's Country Hams Inc Smoked ham, bacon & sausage 80 1952
Peerless-Premier Appliance Company Manufacturer of gas and electric ranges 100 2005

 


Recent Expansions

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Major Business & Industry in Fulton & Hickman Counties

Date Company Product/Service Employment Investment
Manufacturing Expansion
10/8/2007

Bermag Industries LLC

Prototype aluminum, zinc, and bronze castings; Heat-treating; machining; rapid prototyping 

N/A

45,000

9/28/2006

Bermag Industries LLC

Prototye aluminuum, zinc, and bronze castings; Heat-treating; machining; rapid prototyping 

2

60,000

10/8/2007

Turner Holdings LLC

Milk and milk containers. 

N/A

75,000

Manufacturing Location
1/27/2005 Peerless-Premier Appliance Company Manufacturer of gas and electric ranges 

100

1,559,000

1/26/2006

*Bluegrass Bioenergy LLC

Ethanol 

55

62,350,000

2/23/2006

*Jamieson Distillery Inc

Manufacture, age, bottle, and distribute bourbon whiskey 

28

770,000

Note: The date for the location/expansion indicates when it was announced or reported to the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development (KCED). An asterisk (*) preceding the company name for a location indicates that the facility is not yet operational. The KCED does not verify that announced expansions are undertaken.
Source: Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development (12/06/2006).

 


Industrial Breakdown

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Industry

 Labor Area*

workers %

 Fulton Co.

workers %

 Hickman Co.

workers %
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 2,404 4.3 150 5.3 207 9.4
Construction 3,383 6.0 143 5 138 6.3
Manufacturing 15,618 27.8 960 33.8 624 28.4
Wholesale trade 2,121 3.8 81 2.8 84 3.8
Retail trade 6,567 11.7 316 11.1 183 8.3
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 2,644 4.7 115 4 175 8
Information 717 1.3 36 1.3 24 1.1
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing 1,875 3.3 93 3.3 51 2.3
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services 1,940 57.3 78 2.7 46 2.1
Educational, health and social services 10,605 18.9 430 15.1 363 16.5
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 3,241 5.8 181 6.4 95 4.3
Other services (except public administration) 2,545 4.5 117 4.1 120 5.5
Public administration 2,447 4.4 144 5.1 85 3.9

* Labor area: Fulton, Hickman, Graves & Carlisle counties in KY, and Obion, Lake & Weakley in TN.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau 

 

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