Thomas Industrial Fabrication is relocating to Floyd. Photo: Lydeana Martin
An industrial metal fabricator hopes to tap into the local workforce of the county where the company is relocating its operations.
Thomas Industrial Fabrication plans to relocate 28 employees from its current location in Patrick County to Floyd County by the end of the summer. The company bought the property at 296 Commerce Center Drive NE for $735,000 from the Economic Development Authority of Floyd County.
John Paul Thomas and his wife, Kelly, own the company and live in Floyd. John Paul Thomas says a big draw for the relocation was the vocational program in the Floyd school system. “It is a big deal,” Thomas says.
Thomas adds the new facility is bigger than the company’s current one and gives Thomas Industrial Fabrication room to grow.
