SMG ready to move into addition

For those who haven’t noticed, Southern Manufacturing Group has built an addition next to its facility on Manchester Highway and owner Ray Jones says the company will begin moving into that addition this month.

Normally such large additions mean promising news awaits, and Ray said signs are pointing that way for his business.

‘There have been some pretty good opportunities out there that we’ve been able to get ahold of,’ said Ray. ‘We’ll probably add a few jobs before the year is up. We sure hope to add a few.’

The SMG workforce is currently right at 40 employees and those employees build values and automotive-related products that are shipped all over the world. Because of his business, Ray knows first-hand the reality of world-wide competition.

‘I’d sure love to see more industry come into Warren County,’ said Ray. ‘But it’s a global economy and I’m not sure the best way to do it.’