MUCH-NEEDED JOBS ARE COMING TO HOPKINSVILLE WITH A NEW TENANT CONNECTED WITH HEMLOCK SEMI-CONDUCTOR COMING TO INDUSTRIAL PARK—BUT JUST HOW MANY NEW JOBS IS STILL UP IN THE AIR.
            ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL DIRECTOR LEE CONRAD TELLS WHOP NEWS THAT LASCO PROCESS SYSTEMS OUT OF TEXAS WILL BE OPENING IN A SMALL BUILDING FORMERLY USED BY EMHART POP FASTENERS IN INDUSTRIAL PARK.
            CONRAD SAYS LASCO IS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING INTO THE BUILDING AND THE NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED IS TO BE DETERMINED. A SEARCH OF THE COMPANY’S WEBSITE LISTS EQUIPMENT INSTALLATIONS, INDUSTRIAL PIPING, PROCESS PIPING APPLICATIONS AND WHAT’S CALLED “ULTRA HIGH PURITY SPECIALITY CONTRACTOR” AMONG ITS SERVICES PROVIDED.
           OFFICIALS ACROSS SOUTHERN KENTUCKY AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAVE BEEN PURSUING INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOLAR ENERGY MATERIAL MAKING HEMLOCK PLANT JUST SOUTH OF THE TODD-MONTGOMERY COUNTY LINE SINCE IT WAS ANNOUNCED THE COMPANY WOULD BE INVESTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE TVA MEGASITE.
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