Fire Rock Products
FireRock Products is a manufacturer and distributor of construction products. It has offices in The Stockyard at Railroad Park at 1616 2nd Avenue South in the Parkside District, and a manufacturing plant on the former site of Hanna Steel at 3620 Avenue C Ensley in Fairfield. Fire Rock began as a maker of prefabricated masonry fireplace units. and has expanded into several lines, including precast concrete pavers, steel windows and doors, wood and engineered wood flooring, and wood and slate shingle roofing. It previously had its offices at 312 23rd Street North.
The company was incorporated as FireRock Manufacturing, Inc. in 2004 as with an address at the Innovation Depot and backing from New Capital Partners. It was reorganized as Fire Rock Products LLC in 2007.
In January 2008 the company proposed to invest $8 million to renovate an existing 150,000-square-foot building on the former Hanna Steel site. The company asked the Jefferson County Economic and Industrial Development Authority to assist the project by issuing revenue bonds to finance the renovation. Fire Rock would create 56 jobs over three years.
John Bell was CEO of the company from 2009 to 2018. He was succeeded by Bryson Edmonds.
References
- Kent, Dawn (January 18, 2008) "Renovation project to create 56 jobs." The Birmingham News
External links
- Fire Rock website