$60 million plant will create 300 jobs here

Posted on September 18, 2015

In a surprise announcement Thursday morning, the Texas-based company, Applied Gaia Corporation, unveiled plans to construct a $60 million plant in Taylor County expected to employ 300 people with a total annual salary topping $12.4 million.

Perry Natural Technologies, an Applied Gaia company, will build what officials are calling the country’s largest pyrolysis-to-energy and biochar plant.

PHOTO: Applied Gaia Corporation announced plans Thursday through its newly created company, Perry Natural Technologies, to construct a $60 million plant in Taylor County which will employ 300 people once it is operational. Shown above are: (from l to r) President Deanna S. Slater, Strategic Advisor Robert Ford and Director Sheila Macdonald Kyger.

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