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Business Florida 2013 - The Regions
Northwest Florida
Fort Walton Beach, Panama City, Pensacola, Tallahassee
NOTABLE EMPLOYERS
Aviation/Aerospace/Defense
• The Boeing Company - Eglin Air Force Base
• DeTect Inc. - Panama City
• DRS Technologies - Fort Walton Beach
Manufacturing
• Coast Water Efficient Technology (Coast WET) - Panama City
• Majestic Candies Company - Pensacola
• Mowrey Elevator Company Inc. - Marianna
Renewable Energy and Environment
• Bing Energy - Tallahassee
• GE - Pensacola
• Green Circle Bio Energy Inc. - Cottondale
Research and Development
• Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion - Tallahassee
• Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition - Pensacola
• High-Performance Materials Institute - Tallahassee
NOTABLE ADDITIONS/EXPANSIONS
Manufacturing
For the launch of its Made in the USA brand of home textiles, furniture and lighting, Atlanta-based Home Source International will establish a manufacturing and distribution facility in Marianna by the end of 2012 with a capital investment of $2.3 million; 303 new jobs are expected.
Shipbuilding
Eastern Shipbuilding Group of Panama City plans to hire up to 500 employees and invest $17 million in new equipment over the next 16 months to meet the demands of two new contracts to build 13 offshore supply vessels.
Financial/professional services
Navy Federal Credit Union, America’s largest credit union, completed an $81.5-million expansion at its Pensacola office in 2011, adding 466 employees to an existing staff of 1,650.
