County Leg honors Saint-Gobain ADFORS on 50th anniversary in Albion

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – The Orleans County legislature has recognized an Albion business for 50 years of working in the community. Saint-Gobain ADFORS was presented with a “Special Recognition Award” on Tuesday by the Orleans County Legislature. Fred Miller, a county legislator, read the citation and presented it to Saint-Gobain ADFORS employees.

The employees include, from left: Bonnie Johnson, production planner; Diane Varley, development coordinator; Joe Culbertson, logistics manager; Constance Wadsworth, human resources manager; and James Devault, knit operator.

Saint-Gobain Adfors will have a big celebration today at the manufacturing plant at 14770 East Ave.

The business started in Albion in 1975 as Bayex with 13 employees.

“It was built to manufacture technical textiles for the construction industry, manufacturing the consumer drywall tape product FibaTape, along with reinforcement materials sold to other manufacturing companies for the production of cement board, carpet backing, and road reinforcement,” The County legislature stated in its citation.

The company has completed numerous acquisitions and building expansions, now operating out of 181,000 square feet in Albion with 222 employees.

“The investment you have made into Orleans County will forever be widespread, long lasting and extremely appreciated,” legislators said.