Company expected to create new jobs in Bourbon County

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) – New jobs are coming to Paris.

Governor Matt Bevin’s Office announced Tuesday that Legacy Companies, a food service and consumer appliance company, will create 60 full-time jobs and invest nearly $6.7 million as it revitalizes a recently closed Bourbon County facility.

Legacy will locate in the former Hearth & Home Technologies building, a 277,000-square-foot facility on Cleveland Drive in Paris.

The Legacy Companies designs, manufactures and markets food service and consumer products under brands such as Back-to-Basics, Bevles, Blakeslee, ChefsChoice, EdgeCraft, Excalibur, General, Greenfield WorldTrade, Kold-Draft, Maxximum, Nautilus, Omega, WestBend, Yonanas and Zeroll.

Products include a range of household and commercial appliances, including countertop mixers and juicers, ice machines and bins, kitchen utensils, food grinders and slicers, proofing cabinets, prep tables, racks and dollies, egg cookers, dishwashers, glasswashers and kettles.

Legacy Companies says the Kentucky location will help it better serve a large percentage of its customers while lowering logistics costs and decreasing its time to market.

The governor’s office says Legacy’s executives are working to buy the building and anticipate adding jobs immediately after the signing.

They anticipate going operational within three months of purchase, primarily as a distribution facility with some manufacturing.