KY Secretary of State tours Kowa plant

Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergran Grimes was in Corbin Thursday afternoon to tour the new Kowa Kentucky Inc. plant in the Southeast Kentucky Regional Business Park.

Accompanied by Corbin Economic Development Director Bruce Carpenter and Corbin Mayor Willard McBurney, Grimes received a tour guided by Kowa Kentucky General Manager Kazushi Takahashi.

Grimes said she came to see the fruits of the efforts to bring the company to southest Kentucky.

Company officials have said previously that when production begins in 2016, the plant will employee approximately 10 people. That number is expected to triple to 30 by 2018.

"We are excited that you are here and making Kentucky your home," Grimes told Takahashi.