SERVICE ZONE

moved into its new 44,000 square foot technical support center in the Research Park. The company employs 450 and expects to reach 600 employees by the end of the year.

VIKING RANGE
announced plans to construct a research and development center in the Research Park. World-renown architect Richard Meier and Partners, New York, NY, will design the $6.5 million, 35,000 square foot building.

AERATION TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL
opened a production facility on Highway 12 to manufacture state-of-the-art wastewater aerators designed at the company's research and development facility in the Research Park.

ALLOY METALS
a custom machining and fabricating company, moved into its new facility in the Starkville Industrial Park IN 2001.