Steyr Arms to add manufacturing to Alabama facility

Firearms maker Steyr Arms has announced it will invest $2.9 million to add a manufacturing component to its Bessemer, Ala., facility. The project is expected to create up to 10 jobs.

The Bessemer facility is the parent company’s only U.S. subsidiary that imports, distributes, and assembles Steyr firearms, as well as some firearms from Merkel. Manufacturing of Steyr products is being moved from Austria to the Bessemer plant.

The investment will mainly include the purchase of new equipment to process components used in the production of firearms and final assembly. The project is expected to be fully completed in June 2019, although manufacturing is expected to start on-site by the end of this year.