BAY MINETTE, Alabama — The manufacturing landscape in Bay Minette will soon have a global look with the announcement of a new manufacturing facility in the city.

Bay Minette Mayor Robert “Bob” Wills and Franco Tartaglino, president and CEO of Baglioni Group, signed a proclamation on Friday officially opening the Morganton Pressure Vessels manufacturing facility to North Baldwin County.

“The city of Bay Minette is very excited to welcome Morganton Pressure Vessels to our community,” Wills said. “They are an excellent company that produces a high-quality product, and brings well-paying job opportunities for our citizens. The city is dedicated to attracting, developing and expanding good industry in Bay Minette, and the availability of good jobs right here at home is the lifeblood for progress.”

According to a press release issued Friday by the Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance, Morganton Pressure Vessels is the North American subset of parent company Baglioni Group SPA, a compressed-air systems manufacturing group based in Novara, Italy, with 11 locations and 800 employees worldwide across Europe, North America and China. The company will invest an initial $1.5 million in the new Bay Minette facility.

The new facility, located on the former Citation Aluminum site on U.S. Highway 31, will bring 30 local employment opportunities initially, 70 at full production.

“Morganton Pressure Vessels and its parent company Baglioni Group choosing Bay Minette for their next North American facility shows that Bay Minette and Baldwin County are great places for foreign direct investment,” said BCEDA President and CEO Lee Lawson. “We appreciate Mr. Tartaglino and Baglioni’s confidence in Baldwin County and we know that this facility with proximity to a great workforce and a growing customer base will pay dividends to this company for years to come.”

Baglioni Group is active in the production of four major product divisions, including vessels, special pressure equipment, cryogenics, and oil and gas. Its products are certified to meet all pressure-containing vessel regulatory standards, both domestic and international.

The new Morganton Pressure Vessels Bay Minette facility will produce standard and customized pressure vessels that will serve North American consumers in the compressed air and oil and gas industries.

“Our new Bay Minette facility is ideal logistically. The area helps support our standards in quality and competitiveness, and the proximity to the market is a main point for our business success,” Tartaglino said. “Bay Minette is a key location for at least three of our divisions, and is close to SPV and petrochemical industry customers, as well to main sea ports.”

To learn more about Morganton Pressure Vessels and Baglioni Group SPA, visit

baglionispa.com/en/homepage. For more about business growth opportunities in Baldwin County, visit baldwineda.com.