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- Kooks Custom Headers Makes Announcement
- 05/21/2008
Statesville, NC - MAY 21, 2008: Statesville Business Park will soon be home to Kooks Custom Headers which today announced its plans to build a manufacturing facility in the park. Kooks is the largest manufacturer of custom automotive exhaust systems on the east coast. Their customers include many of the top racing teams, as well as custom car shops and car enthusiasts. The facility will house both administrative and manufacturing functions, and will create a total of 55 new jobs and bring $4 million in new investment over five years.“Kooks is very well connected in the motorsports industry, a market that we have specifically targeted for growth,” said Mike Smith of the Greater Statesville Development Corporation. “They will be an excellent fit for the Statesville and Iredell County business communities.”Kooks Custom Headers president George (Papa) Kook Sr. echoed Smith’s comments. “Moving from our long-time base of operations on Long Island was a difficult decision for us, but the people of Statesville, from the mayor to the realtor who sold us our new house, made it an easy choice.”Construction of the facility is scheduled to begin immediately, pending zoning and permitting approval, with manufacturing operations starting in late 2008 or early 2009. Kooks will be the first new business to locate in the Statesville Business Park since 1995.The Greater Statesville Development Corporation would like to recognize the following partners in this significant announcement for our community: the City of Statesville, Iredell County, and the Greater Statesville Area Committee of 100.About Kooks Custom HeadersKooks Custom Headers has been a private family-owned manufacturer since 1962 of automotive exhaust systems and headers for the motorsports industry, custom automotive and motorcycle shops, and home automobile enthusiasts. For more information, visit www.kookscustomheaders.comAbout Statesville, North CarolinaStatesville is a city of 26,074 located in the central Piedmont region of North Carolina, 38 miles north of Charlotte, 39 miles west of Winston-Salem and 135 miles west of Raleigh. Originally settled in 1753 by Scots-Irish Presbyterians and German Lutherans, Statesville served as the temporary capital of North Carolina during the final months of the Civil War, and has been an important industrial and agricultural hub since its incorporation in 1789. Today, Statesville is a major manufacturing and distribution center, drawing on its location at the intersection of two of the nation’s busiest interstate highways, and its proximity to major “New South” cities such as Atlanta, Charlotte, Greensboro, Nashville, Raleigh and Richmond. Key industries include metalworking, plastics, automotive parts, textiles and furniture. Located one mile from Interstate 40, Statesville Regional Airport is home to corporate aviation facilities for Fortune 500 companies Lowes Corporation and Newell-Rubbermaid and several NASCAR teams. For more information, visit www.greaterstatesville.org.-End-
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