Chart To Invest $2.5 Million, Create 94 Jobs In Theodore

Chart Industries of Ball Ground, Georgia, announced enhancements and new product lines for its Theodore site, it announced via the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce. The $2.5-million investment is also to add 94 employees locally over the next two years. Chart acquired the cryogenic trailer and hydrogen trailer (transport) assets of Worthington Industries, Inc. in Theodore in October 2020 (BBN #12). Its new commitment includes improvement to the existing facility, construction of a new building and the purchase of needed equipment. The project is expected to more than double the location’s manufacturing capacity of hydrogen transport trailers and introduce the capability of producing hydrogen bulk storage tanks. Chart CEO and President Jill Evanko said, “The Mobile community is a great place for us to expand our business, in part due to the accessibility of the Port of Mobile, but, more importantly, the highly-skilled talent that we are eager to add to the Chart family.”