The Jefferson County Commission moved to its Thursday agenda an economic development project that is believed to be the second largest in the county, behind Smucker’s.
American Cast Iron Pipe Company is looking toward a major reinvestment in its North Birmingham facility that would switch over the company’s operations to electric-fired furnaces, reducing emissions by more than 90%.
Jeff Traywick, the county’s economic development specialist, said ACIPCO’s anticipated investment of $793.1 million is second only to the $1.1 billion investment of J.M. Smucker Co. to build a manufacturing facility in McCalla at the Jefferson Metropolitan Industrial Park…