A nearly 50-year-old Calhoun County business is expanding to keep pace with rapid growth.

Jacksonville-based Bryant Machine Co. Friday announced a $3.26 million project that will include the construction of a 22,000-square-foot facility and new machining equipment.

The expansion is expected to create 12 new jobs.

Founded in 1979, Bryant Machine over the past year has seen sales up 250% and its workforce expanded by 150%.

It specializes in milling, assembly and engineering services, as well as additive manufacturing, portable coordinate measuring machine (CMM) services, and computer-aided manufacturing.

Kirklin Childs, COO and vice president, said the company began with his grandfather Donald Bryant’s dream to build a “family shop with big ambitions.”

“We’ve carried that same spirit f

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