RFC Celebrates Groundbreaking of Brooks Hall
15 May, 2023voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation celebrates the groundbreaking of Brooks Hall in Shelbyville, Kentucky.
Left to Right: Troy Ethington, Bill Brooks, Barlow Brooks, Jr., Kevin Dierking, Ray Leathers, Dan Ison
At the 75th Anniversary event on August 20th, 2022 RFC announced an expansion after acquiring a little over 12 acres of property adjacent to its current Shelbyville Brooks Industrial Rd. campus. It was also announced that the building would be named Brooks Hall in honor of RFC’s founding family.
On May 4th, 2023, RFC broke ground on this future state of the art facility. In attendance were Shelbyville employees, guests from AML Construction and local city and county officials including Troy Ethington, Mayor, City of Shelbyville, Dan Ison, Judge Executive, Shelby County and Ray Leathers, Former CEO of voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation (2007-2017), President/CEO of Shelby County Industrial Development Foundation and Executive Director, Shelby County Chamber of Commerce.
Special guests in attendance from the Brooks family included sons of founder Barlow Brooks, Sr. Brothers Bill Brooks and Barlow Brooks, Jr., former CEO of voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation (1975-2002) were also in the groundbreaking photo and Barlow Brooks, Jr. gave a speech to all in attendance.
Roll Forming Corporation was founded in Louisville, Kentucky in 1947 and moved to Shelbyville in 1949. The Brooks family sold Roll Forming Corporation to voestalpine AG in 2000.
It has been over 20 years since RFC built its last facility, located in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Thanks to construction firm partner, AML, Brooks Hall will enable RFC to expand its manufacturing capabilities and product offerings. With modern machinery, advanced ergonomics, and a larger space, RFC will be able to produce goods more efficiently and at a higher volume. This, in turn, will help meet future demand while insuring competitiveness in the market. It represents a critical step in further developing RFC’s strategy providing new customer solutions, across several vertical markets, through additional value added services and technologies to the roll forming process.
Who We Are
voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation supplies custom roll formed metal components into several industries including Aerospace, Construction, Material Handling, Off-Highway, Office Furniture, Solar and Transportation.
In 2000, Roll Forming Corporation was acquired by globally leading technology group voestalpine AG and became part of the Metal Forming, Tubes and Sections division.
Today, voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation has seven production facilities across three states with five facilities and headquarters located in Shelby County, Kentucky and one facility each in Pennsylvania and Indiana.
