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PAGE 16A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 2015
Trennedy Ray (left), Marvin McDaniel and Brianna Brennan package cabinets.
L-R: Kodjo Apedo, Jose Mercado and Shannon Durrett assemble a cabinet.
Kyle Cochran sands down countertops.
The tunnel off Highway 53 leads to Royston’s 225,000 square
foot manufacturing facility.
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Royston
from Pickens County. A group,
including this reporter, was given
a tour of their operations last
week as part of the Chamber of
Commerce industrial tour series.
Royston was founded by
A.W. Hopeman in 1869. He was
a cabinetmaker. Through the
years, expansion and acquisi
tions brought the company to
where it is today - one of the
largest manufacturers of retail
sales display merchandisers for
the convenience and grocery
store markets. The company
moved to Georgia in 1964 when
they built a manufacturing facil
ity in Royston. In 1980, a
100,000 square-foot plant was
built in Jasper and opened with
10 employees. The plant was ex
panded by 100,000 square-feet in
1996 and in 2012 a new powder
system was added increasing the
facility to 225,000 square-feet.
In 2003 Royston acquired
Reynolds, a checkstand manu
facturer with a facility in Jack-
son, Tn. The company now
employs 700 people in all three
plants.
The Jasper plant includes the
corporate offices for Royston,
LLC. Royston designs and man
ufactures retail displays, check
out centers, beverage and coffee
centers and other merchandising
fixtures for major retailers across
the United States and some inter
national customers. The next
time you walk into Kroger, look
at the heated case that keeps the
precooked products warm -
Royston made it. Take a look
around in the Race Trac in
Jasper. All of the displays were
built by Royston.
The company is the home to
200 employees running a mini
mum of two shifts daily. The of
fice includes customer service,
engineering and a team that is
dedicated to the design, sales and
administrative part of the busi
ness. The design teams can take
an idea or design, even if it
comes to them on a napkin, and
turn it into a complete store.
The manufacturing portion of
the plant has state-of-the-art
equipment including a $2.5 mil
lion computerized machine that
was installed in 2012 that can
take a flat sheet of material
(stainless or cold rolled steel) in
one end and when it comes out
the other end, it is a completed
part ready to be welded or
painted for a customer’s order.
The fabrication process starts
with a Cut-to-Length line that
cuts coils of steel into the proper
size for the appropriate part and
stacks it automatically. The com
pany recycles all scrap steel
making them environmentally
friendly.
In the Jasper plant, they also
receive the various components
from the other two plants and
consolidate them for delivery to
their customers. Once the order
is complete, it is shipped via
truck to the store site where the
customer or Royston’s installa
tion team will install them.
During the powder system (a
painting and finishing process)
expansion in 2012, Royston used
several local contractors for this
project that included tearing out
of the existing powder system,
expansion of the building for the
new powder system and the
plumbing and electrical part of
the project.
Royston is a proud member of
our community. So the next time
you are in a convenience or gro
cery store, look around and you
are probably looking at displays
made right here in Jasper.
Volunteers Needed
Volunteers needed for the
Rescued Furniture Store which
benefits Pickens Animal Rescue.
We are in need of volunteers to
help with furniture pickups 2-3
times per month. Donations are
needed for the Rescued Furniture
Store of household goods and
furniture. Donations may be
dropped off at the store at 371 N
Main St., M-S 10-4. Call 770-
893-8451 about volunteering.
American Legion Post
149
The next meeting of Jasper
American Legion Post 149 will
be held on Saturday, February
14, beginning at 10 a.m. at the
19th Hole Restaurant Meeting
Facility in the Bent Tree Com
munity, 1885 Little Pine Mt.
Road at the Bent Tree Commu
nity Golf Club. Those needing
directions to the Bent Tree Golf
Club can find them on the Bent
Tree Community website at
www.bent-tree.com or by con
tacting Bent Tree Security at
770-893-2628.
If anyone has any questions
regarding Jasper American Le
gion Post 149, contact Com
mander Ron Wheeler at
706-766-1750 or e-mail www.rw
wheeler@etcmail.com
Alzheimer’s Cafe
Alzheimer’s Association Mid-
Day Cafe will be Thursday Feb
ruary 19, 11 a.m.-l p.m., at the
Pickens County Community
Center - Room 3, 1329 Camp
Road, Jasper.
Topic - The Basics: Memory
Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s
Disease. Speaker - Susan
Greene, Geriatric Nurse Practi
tioner. Registration is free, but
required. Please call 800-272-
3900 to register!
Help the hospital
Piedmont Mountainside Hos
pital Auxiliary is accepting appli
cations for membership in the
Auxiliary. If you are interested in
being a volunteer at the hospital,
come by the Gift Shop and pick
up an application. The rewards
are too many to count.
In Royston’s latest addition, Sammy Nichols is one of several employees who paints components.
Upcoming events at Funk Heritage Center
Faculty Recital February 15,3
p.m.
Free - no tickets needed
During these wonderful after
noon concerts, several Reinhardt
University music faculty mem
bers present some outstanding
solo and ensemble selections.
These concerts feature a wide
range of instruments, brought to
you by some of the best profes
sionals in their field. Guests will
not want to miss performances as
this concert is guaranteed to be
an afternoon filled with delight
ful music and new experiences.
This faculty recital will include
performances from piano, voice,
string, and percussion faculty.
The Mousetrap presented by
the University Theatre
February 20-22
All Seats - $12.50
There’s been a murder! Writ
ten by Agatha Christie, The
Mousetrap follows the murder of
Maureen Lyon. The news of the
murder is taken lightly by Mollie
and Giles Ralston who have re
cently converted Monkswell
Manor to a guesthouse. Side
tracked by a paralyzing snow
storm, the inexperienced Ral
stons are nervous to be hosting
their first guests, but they are de
termined to make a go of things.
While waiting for the guests to
begin arriving, Mollie listens to
a radio report about the Lyon
murder, which notes that police
are looking for a man in a dark
overcoat who was observed near
the scene. Follow along as the
characters must figure out who
the murderer is!
Oglethorpe: An intimate con
versation with Georgia’s
founder
On February 10 at 2 p.m.,
enjoy an opportunity to learn
about and ask questions of Gen
eral James Oglethorpe as por
trayed by author and historical
interpreter, Scott Hodges. A do
nation from Amicalola EMC is
making it possible for this unique
history program to be held at the
Funk Heritage Center of Rein
hardt University. The Center is
participating in the annual
statewide Georgia History
Month commemorating the
founding of the British Colony of
Georgia on February 12, 1733.
General Oglethorpe initiated
the greatest humanitarian enter
prise of his era when he launched
the founding of Georgia. His
plan was to create a society
where small farmers and trades
men prospered and where neither
slaves nor lawyers were wel
come. The notion that is popular
today, that Georgia was popu
lated by men from debtor’s pris
ons, is not the case. Following
the program, participants will
have time to visit with Hodges
and also have pictures taken with
him. Light refreshments will be
served. The admission is $10 and
will benefit the Hickory Log Ex
hibit. Discount for members.
Call 770-720-5967 for reserva
tions and additional information.
AA meetings
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday,
Saturday at 6. Sunday meeting at
4. Turn on Burnt Mtn. Road; 3-
way stop turn right on Cove
Road; about 2 miles turn right
on Griffith Road (Holy Family
Episcopal Church). Follow signs
to food pantry located at the
back of the church property
(past Sunday School building).
Pick up the phone - not a drink.
Contact number, 706-253-2323.
They also meet on Monday
and Friday at 7 p.m. at Trinity
Church at 2685 Steve Tate Hwy.,
Marble Hill. 770-401-7004.
Overeaters Anonymous
Overeaters Anonymous
meets on Saturdays at Our
Lady of the Mountains
Catholic Church at 10 a.m.
The church is located at the
corner of Refuge Road and
Hwy. 108. Call Mary, 253-
3094, or Sherry, 579-1651.
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