BEDFORD COUNTY — Over 100 new jobs and an $11 community investment is headed to Bedford County. Newell Brands – whose produces consumer brands like Paper Mate, Graco, Coleman, Yankee Candle, and Ball – announced recently that they will be expanding their Shelbyville operations to keep up with growing demand. The company will expand into an existing 211,000-square-foot facility in Bedford County.

“It is with very great pleasure that we, the City of Shelbyville, commend Newell Brands on its current expansion. We thank Newell Brands for the confidence the company has placed in our community, for the workforce we have and the workforce we continue to grow. This investment in our community does not go unnoticed by our citizens and our surrounding communities,” said Shelbyville Mayor Wallace Cartwright.

Newell Brands is a southern company headquartered out of Atlanta. To learn more about the company, click here. There is a Careers page, which offers more information about jobs as they come available in the area. •

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