Tallassee’s workforce is again growing as Gov. Robert Bentley announced Tuesday morning that GKN has opened a new composite design engineering center at it’s Advanced Composite Structures (ACS) facility. The new facility will bring with it at least 30 “knowledge-based” jobs.
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