OMCO Solar plans to invest more than $10 million into its second production facility in Alabama, creating 70 full-time jobs in Limestone County.

Alabama Commerce Secretary Ellen McNair announced the move today by one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of steel structures for solar panels.

OMCO is leasing Building 100 in the Huntsville West Industrial Park, at 7620 Greenbrier Parkway Northwest, and has outfitted the facility for the production of solar racking.

Arizona-based OMCO produces solar trackers – the devices that direct panels toward the sun – and tilt structures for solar arrays.

“OMCO has a heritage in steel fabrication dating back decades and has built a national manufacturing footprint through savvy investment projects,” McNair said.

OMCO now operates six U.S. plants, located in Arizona, Ohio, Indiana, along with an existing facility in Talladega.

The Huntsville facility will be built near First Solar’s new $1.1 billion solar panel factory in Lawrence County, scheduled to come online later this year.

“We are thankful to the state of Alabama and their approach to business with tax incentives that line up with our commitment to support domestic manufacturing, create U.S. jobs, and provide factory-direct solutions that solve for the complexity of utility-scale solar projects,” Gary Schuster, CEO of OMCO Solar said in a statement. “Our newest facility in Huntsville is our second in the state and shows our dedication to driving growth in Alabama.”

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle said the city looks forward to “providing OMCO the long-term support that Huntsville is known to deliver.”

“OMCO’s expansion into the Huntsville Greenbrier corridor is another testament to Huntsville’s economic development strategy, which has been to make key infrastructure investments and to utilize existing policy to create jobs and new capital investments,” he said.