Jackson County has a plant which, while it has always produced rolled aluminum products, has had a lot of different names on its outside sign. The current company, Paris, France-based Constellium, is hinting that it is there to stay.

"I think the fact that Constellium invested $46 million in the stretcher here, which is the largest in the world, shows we're committed to that site," says Christophe Villemin, President of Constellium's Global Aerospace Division, Constellium.

"It can't be the only and last investment," notes Leo Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers Union. "We're going to have to work with this plant to get more investment in other parts of this plant. But this gives the company the chance to make a unique product in this part of the world, at the best possible quality, in a growing aerospace business."

The aluminum plates which come from the 30 million-pound stretcher opened Wednesday will be used by a variety of industries. but the one which will use it the most is the aerospace industry.

"Obviously, the aeronautics industry depends on the plate that comes from this plant," says Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D-WV). "So, I think this equipment gives this plant the legs up so it can continue to supply the airplane industry around the world."

Former congressman and now consulting group leader Dick Gephardt was among the people who brought together two sides which, at least in this facility, have often been at odds for decades.

"I believe the workers here can out-compete and out-hustle anyone in the world," says the former House Majority Leader, now President and C.E.O. of the Gephardt group. "I know that to be true. And if we can get management and labor to come together as they are, I know we can out-compete anyone in the world."

While it doesn't mean new jobs...at least not right now...for the roughly 1,000 people who work here, it's a hope for the future.