R/S-Godwin Truck Body Plans $17 Million Floyd County Expansion

FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. — R/S-Godwin Truck Body Co. will invest more than $17 million to expand its Floyd County operations, creating 65 full-time jobs.

The fourth-generation, family-owned company, part of the Godwin Group, builds dump bodies. It will buy more than 7 adjacent acres and add buildings and machinery. The new jobs, in welding, fabrication, CNC work and material handling, carry a target average wage of $35.84 an hour, including benefits. The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority approved a 15-year agreement for up to $2.1 million in tax incentives tied to job and wage targets, plus up to $150,000 in sales and use tax recovery. Gov. Andy Beshear announced the project Oct. 12.