Area officials joined executives from BlueOval SK Tuesday as the company dedicated its new executive office space and recruiting center, located at 2323 Ring Road in the former First Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethtown building.
“From day one, you’ve welcomed us with open arms,” said BlueOval SK CEO Dr. Robert Rhee. “You are our neighbors, and you are friends, and like you we are proud to call the commonwealth home. I’m from Korea, and it certainly is an exciting time to live and work in Kentucky. We could not have picked a better place than Gelndale, Kentucky, to build our two plants.”
Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory said the city is proud to be a partner and to open the community to new opportunities.
“We appreciate the investment,” Gregory said. “We appreciate the friendship. We can’t wait to continue to work together, and Dr. Rhee, ‘welcome home.’”
Following remarks by officials, the BlueOval SK sign was unveiled in front of the building.The company said in a release that placing the office space in Elizabethtown allows the company to have better connection with “partners, suppliers, and the people of Hardin County.”
Representatives from BlueOval SK said they consider the opening of the Ring Road office to be a milestone, and the recruiting center was quickly put to use with a job fair Tuesday afternoon.
Plane One Manager Mark Haley said work at the battery park continues to progress.
“Right now, we are moving from the construction phase to the training phase, so everybody’s getting the opportunity to go through new employee orientation,” Haley said. “We’re going through safety, we’re going through other people skills, and we’re going through battery technology. We have over 100 people that have already experienced going to our partner’s plant and going to experience battery manufacturing.”
Visit www.blueovalsk.com for more information.
