CHILDERSBURG, Ala. – Cooper Steel South showed off their new office facility Wednesday, Oct. 29, along with the new Cooper Clinic, holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony and looking forward to a new plant expansion project set to begin in the next few weeks.
“We are a third generation company, celebrating another growth milestone today,” said Cooper Steel South COO Cory Cooper. “We celebrate another example of our Cooper culture in our family of workers and investment in the community that is home to our company.”
Cooper Steel executives were joined by local officials as well as city and business leaders during an open house for their state-of-the-art new office facility, and that building hosts a unique commitment to their family of employees, the new Cooper Clinic.
“The Cooper Clinic has been operational for about two months now,” explained Human Resource Manager Macie Huey, “and it’s already a hit. We are staffed through RMC – Anniston. It’s an Occupational Health Facility, open two days per week on Mondays and Thursdays for our employees and their immediate families. It’s a free service for them, paid for by Cooper Steel South.”
Managing the facility and overseeing the upcoming expansion is a dream job for Reid Crockett. “I’m blessed that they chose an old lifetime steel and iron guy like me,” Crockett expressed. “We have a great crew setting production records and looking forward to growth. We just completed the demolition of our original office and are clearing acreage for a new plant expansion that will help us add employees and better serve our customers.”
That expansion project will get started in the next few weeks on a 106,000 square foot facility, with a projected completion date between October and December 2026.
“I am so excited for and about Cooper Steel South as a growing industrial employer in Childersburg,” said Mayor Ken Wesson, “and I have to add that they have proven to be a true community partner for the city. Every time we have called on them, they have stepped up to show their commitment to invest in Childersburg and its people.”
