# Stow Group opens first North American factory in Calhoun, Georgia

Stow Group opened its first North American manufacturing plant in Calhoun, Georgia, a 240,000-square-foot facility for industrial racking and storage systems. The plant is expected to support approximately 200 jobs at full capacity, with an investment of $40-50 million excluding buildings.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2026-10-15
- Where: Calhoun, Georgia, United States
- Value: $45.0M
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: 15 Oct 2026
- Status: completed
- Capacity: up to 100 million pounds of steel annually
- Products: industrial racking, storage systems, pallet racking, pallet shuttle systems
- Sectors: [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [stow Group](https://endata.com/companies/57454.md)

## Sources

- [materialhandling247.com](https://www.materialhandling247.com/article/stow_group_opens_first_north_american_factory), 2026-10-15: "The racking market in the U.S. is worth $5 billion."
- [mmh.com](https://www.mmh.com/article/stow_group_opens_first_north_american_factory), 2026-10-15: "The racking market in the U.S. is worth $5 billion."
- [industrialsupplymagazine.com](https://industrialsupplymagazine.com/pages/News-102026-stow-Group-opens-first-US-manufacturing-plant-in-Georgia.php), 2026-10-20: "The Calhoun facility is expected to support approximately 200 jobs at full capacity."

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