Source: Times-Enterprise
A firearms maker from New York looking for a more spacious location for its business recently announced it will expand its manufacturing, including heat treating capabilities, to Thomasville, Georgia. 
Although most well known for its magazines for small arms and rifles, Check-Mate Industries, currently located in Long Island, New York, is a metal stamping and tool and die manufacturer for medical, automotive, aerospace, and a variety of other industries.
Check-Mate Industries began the search for a new home for the industry after the owner died in 2014. After visiting Thomasville, his widow, Regina Viewig, though impressed with what she saw, was not prepared to take the big step of moving the company without confirmation. A friend reminded her that the southern Georgia town’s name included the name of her late husband, Thomas. That was the sign Vieweg needed.
Read more: “A ‘Sign’ Leads New York Industry to Thomasville”
Photo credit and caption: WALB.com / Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal speaking to crowd, behind him are Check-Mate Industries representatives as well as local and state economic representatives, including, State Representative Darlene Taylor; Pat Wilson, a commissioner with Georgia Department of Economic Development; Shelly Zorn, Thomasville PDA executive director; Joseph DeBello, Check-Mate president and chief operating officer; Jacquelyn Santoro, Director, Checkmate Industries; and Regina Viewig
