International Mining company puts U.S. headquarters in Fayette County
FAYETTE COUNTY, WV (WVNS) — Leaders from across Fayette county and the entire mountain state gathered in Hico to take part in a momentous day for the area. Gainwell Engineering designs, manufactures, and maintains mining equipment . The company started in India and has several locations across the world. On Thursday, June 16, 2022, they opened their first location in the United States, right here in our backyard. While West Virginia seems like the perfect place for a company in the mining industry, it took a Gainwell employee with ties to the Mountain State to reveal the area’s potential to company executives. “The heritage of Coal Mining Machinery and what we can leverage as an employer from this area, it is no question that the talent is here, the knowledge is here,” said Jason Sizemore, the general manager of U.S. operations for Gainwell. Here are the top 10 films shot in West Virginia Sizemore was born and raised right in Fayette County. He orchestrated a partnership between the F...