Project Eagle to Land in the New Walker County Business Park

LaFayette, GA — At a special meeting of the Walker County Development Authority, executive director Larry Brooks presented to the board a memorandum of understanding from Pennsylvania based Audia that would see the company construct a new manufacturing facility in Walker County.

“This project has been a year and a half’s worth of work and I am happy to be able to present the board with the plan forward,” Brooks said at the opening of the meeting.

The plan calls for Audia to invest over $50MM in a plastics manufacturing facility in the newly developed Walker County Business Park north of LaFayette on US 27. The facility will support Audia's three subsidiaries: Washington Penn, Uniform Color, and Southern Polymer.

“We are very impressed with the support and cooperation given by Walker County as we have searched for the right location for this new plant. Our search covered six states, and Walker County proved to be the best location for us.” said Todd Gummersbach, Audia’s representative.

The project was dubbed Project Eagle by the Walker County Development Authority. The Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Northwest Georgia Joint Development Authority also participated in the negotiations with Audia.

“We are so pleased that Audia will be joining the community of wonderful manufacturers and businesses who call Walker County home,” said Walker County commissioner Bebe Heiskell.

Work has already begun on the engineering for the new plant site by the development authority. “We are thrilled to have such a strong company invest in our local economy,” said Jeff Mullis, executive director of the Northwest Georgia Joint Development Authority.

Construction on the plant is hoped to begin in late summer or early fall with the plant slated to begin operation in the third quarter of 2015.

About Audia:

Audia is a privately held company focused on plastic compounding, color solutions, and distribution, with a 60 year history of customer focused growth through its subsidiaries: Audia Elastomers, Audia Liqui-Kolor® , Washington Penn, Uniform Color, and Southern Polymer. The Audia companies currently have 10 manufacturing locations and over 1,000 employees in North America and Europe and are doing business in over 50 countries, across broad market platforms including automotive, appliance, construction, packaging and consumer.