September 2014 - Middle Tennessee Industrial Development

Middle Tennessee Industrial
Development Association
Industry Leader
September 2014
MTIDA Elects New Executive Committee For 2014-2015
MTIDA held its Annual Meeting
of the Board of Directors on
July 31, 2014 at the Embassy
Suites in Murfreesboro.
The new officers for 2014-2015
are President: Darrell Gillespie,
Dickson Electric Department,
Vice President: Jimmy Gregory,
Upper Cumberland Elec. Mem.
Corp. and Secretary-Treasurer:
Wes Kelley, Columbia Power &
Water Systems. Additional Executive Committee Members
are: Bill Rogers, Caney Fork
Electric Cooperative; Derek
Church, Mount Pleasant Power
System; Chris Jones, Middle
TN Electric Membership Corp.;
and Steven Moore, Tennessee
Valley Authority.
Mr. Joe Ritch, Chairman of the
Tennessee Valley Authority
Board of Directors spoke on
“The Power of Working Together”; Clay Banks, State of
TN ECD, Victoria Hirschberg,
State of TN ECD and Daryl
Phillips, Director Cheatham
Connect spoke on the trending
technology in Economic Development; and Jason Brake,
TVA and Steve Schaller, TVA
spoke on “Bringing Vision to
Your Site”.
Darrell Gillespie, General
Manager ,Dickson Electric
Dept.
Jimmy Gregory, General
Manager, Upper Cumberland EMC
R. Wes Kelley, Executive
Director, Columbia Power &
Water Systems
On August 1st, MTIDA held an
Economic Development Seminar and Golf Tournament.
Approximately 115 community,
State, TVA, and electric distributors attended the seminar.
Bill Rogers, General Manager, Caney Fork Electric
Coop.
Derek Church, General Manager, Mt. Pleasant Power System
Chris Jones, President, Middle TN Electric Membership
Corp.
Steven Moore, Target Market
Specialist, Tennessee Valley
Authority.
Aspen Technologies Molding Coffee County
MANCHESTER, TN (April) Michiganbased Aspen Technologies, Inc. officials announced the company will locate a new polyurethane foam molding plant in the Manchester
Industrial Park. With a goal of doubling its molding capacity by opening the Manchester facility,
the company will invest $5.1 million and create
161 new jobs over the next five years in Coffee
County.
Aspen Technologies strives to bring jobs back
to the United States and is currently working
with two companies to take over business that
is being produced in China.
“Aspen Technologies is very excited to be expanding its manufacturing into Manchester,
Tennessee,” Aspen Technologies Vice President Keith Quinn said. “It has been a pleasure
working with the Industrial Board, city, county
and state officials to make this expansion possible. The beautiful state of Tennessee along with
its friendly people, especially the people of
Coffee County, made the decision to locate in
Manchester very easy. As we gear up our operations, we will continue to look for other opportunities to bring more work back home.”
Aspen Technologies’ customer base is primarily
automotive. In recent years, however, the company has been awarded a considerable amount
of non-automotive based business and intends
to shift approximately 25 percent of its sales to
non-automotive related sectors.
The company was founded in 2003 to develop,
manufacture and assemble specialized polyurethane foam products for the automotive industry
as well as heavy truck and sport recreation
markets.
Aspen Technologies started the hiring process
in June and production in the new facility the
first week of July.Source: TN ECD
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Enovate Medical Expanding
MURFREESBORO, TN (April) Enovate
Medical officials announced the company
will expand operations at its U.S. headquarters facility located at 1152 Park
Ave. in Murfreesboro and create 410
new jobs over the next five years. The
expansion in Rutherford County represents an investment of $13.1 million by
the medical device and technology company and stems from the consolidation of
operations at its Canton, Michigan facility. The expansion will include their corporate headquarters, manufacturing, and
R&D facilities located in Murfreesboro.
tems that integrate seamlessly into
any healthcare environment.
Whether using electronic medication administration records or computerized physician order entry and
nurse documentation systems, Enovate Medical’s innovative solutions
are designed to improve the critical
acquisition, interpretation, and transfer of
patient data and medication at the point of
care. Enovate Medical also manufactures
and markets innovative power systems that
provide 24/7 power to these mobile workstations.
Enovate Medical designs space-saving,
ergonomically correct and comfortable to
use wall-mounted computer workstations, mobile computer workstations
and medication transport-storage sys-
Meiwa Celebrates Grand Opening
LEWISBURG, TN (April) Meiwa Industry North America
celebrated the grand opening of its first U.S. plant in
Lewisburg. In June 2013, the company announced it would
invest $6.1 million and create 98 new jobs in Marshall County. The company currently supplies products to Japanese car
manufacturers, including Nissan, Toyota and Honda.
The celebration included remarks from company, state and
local officials, a performance by the Marshall County High
School Band and cheerleaders, as well as a traditional Sake
Barrel Ceremony and painting the eyes of a Daruma doll,
which symbolizes accomplishment and looking to the future.
Meiwa Industry North America also donated $10,000 to Marshall County High School. Source: TN ECD
Enovate Medical plans to add jobs over the
next five years at its Murfreesboro facility.
The company will be hiring for manufacturing, maintenance, office and management
positions. Source: TN ECD
Novità Technologies Lights Up Sumner County
HENDERSONVILLE, TN (May) Novità Technologies officials announced
the company will expand its Hendersonville operations by investing $3.2
million in building and infrastructure improvements to an existing facility
located at 175 Old Shackle Island Rd. The expansion will allow Novità
Technologies to double its Hendersonville footprint and create 31 new
jobs, increasing its workforce by 60 percent. Renovations have been
underway since early February, and the new facility will be fully operational by August.
“We’re very grateful to be in such an inspiring city such as Hendersonville,” Novità President Mike Incorvaia said. “Our primary aim is to bring
lighting innovation to automobiles, and at the same time provide a great
place to work near where you live. We are successful because of our
employees and leadership team. True economic development is a team
effort and I want to thank the Mayor and city and county officials, as well
as my friends at Forward Sumner, specifically Jimmy Johnston who has
been on this journey with Novità since our beginning.”
Novità Technologies designs and manufactures on-board lighting solutions with fully integrated controls on OEM and aftermarket applications
throughout the automotive sector. LED lighting in automotive applications
is part of Novità’s expertise as they provide one-of-a-kind semiconductor
and printed circuit board solutions for interior and exterior lighting applications.Source: TN ECD
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U.S. Tsubaki Honored
Tyson Foods Beefs Up Jobs
GOODLETTSVILLE, TN (May) Tyson Foods, Inc. officials announced
the food processor will invest $15.5
million to expand its current operations in Goodlettsville and hire and
train 157 new workers.
Work has already begun to install the
new equipment. Hiring is expected to
begin in June for the newly created
production jobs, all of which are fulltime.
Tyson Foods’ investment will add
four production lines and expand
cold storage capabilities at its Tyson
Fresh Meats facility at 201 Cartwright Dr. in Goodlettsville. The nation’s second-largest food processor
produces case-ready beef and pork
products for grocery stores and other retailers at the plant, which already employs roughly 1,600 workers.
Tyson Foods and its subsidiaries employ more than 4,300 Tennesseans at
company facilities in Goodlettsville,
Shelbyville and Union City. They also
support roughly 335 Tennessee farmers who raise chickens for the company’s poultry operations or supply the
beef and pork operations with cattle
and hogs. Source: TN ECD
ARC Automotive Inflating It’s Presence
HARTSVILLE, TN (May) ARC
Automotive, Inc. officials announced the global automotive
parts manufacturer will expand its
long-time presence in Tennessee. The company will invest
approximately $3 million to locate
a new manufacturing facility in
Hartsville to expand its automotive airbag inflator product production
capability, creating 66 new jobs in
Trousdale County.
The new facility will be built at the
PowerCom Industrial Center, centrally
located and convenient to ARC Automotive’s Knoxville and Morgantown
inflator manufacturing operations. Site
development is expected to start
within the next few weeks with the
construction of roads, buildings and
infrastructure.
“The selection of Trousdale County
for 66 manufacturing jobs is an outstanding announcement and will be a
significant economic impact on our
community,” Trousdale County Mayor
Jake West said. “We welcome ARC
Automotive as our new corporate
neighbors to Hartsville and appreciate
their confidence in our workforce. On
behalf of the citizens of Trousdale
County, as County Mayor, I want to
express my appreciation to everyone
who had a hand in making this venture become reality. It was a great
team effort lead by TVA and the state
of Tennessee’s Department of ECD,
and assisted by the Four Lake Regional Industrial Development Authority, Middle Tennessee Industrial Development Association, Tri-County
Electric, our State Legislators, and
several Trousdale County officials.”
Production at the Hartsville facility is
targeted for the third quarter of 2014
with manufacturing and employment
expected to gradually increase over a
two-year period. Source: TN ECD
From L-R: Janet McGlinch, a representative of Honda of America
Manufacturing Inc. Purchasing Division; Crystal Campbell, Assembler;
Tim Goble, Plant Manager; Neil Casey, Quality Manager; Mark Miller,
President of U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC
PORTLAND, TN (May) Congratulations to U.S.
Tsubaki Automotive in Portland for being recognized with a Honda Quality Award. The company
was in the top 3 percent of its class, since it was
honored in two categories: Excellence in Delivery
and Quality.
U.S. Tsubaki Automotive is the world leader in
chain technology and offers its customers the finest
state-of-the-art power transmission products available in the world.Tsubaki’s customers include the
major automotive OEMs in North America: General
Motors, Ford, Toyota, Nissan and Honda. The
company provides complete services including
initial design support utilizing CAD, component and
engine testing and analysis.Source: TN ECD
Hatch Putting a Stamp on Portland
PORTLAND, TN (June) Hatch Stamping Company officials announced the company will
locate a new manufacturing facility in Portland in an effort to expand its footprint in the Southeast. The Michigan-based automotive components manufacturer
will invest $17 million in an existing facility and create 101 new
jobs in Robertson County, with a
goal of being fully operational by
January 2015.
Hatch Stamping Company will
design and manufacture highly
engineered metal stampings and
assemblies in a 106,000 square
foot manufacturing facility located
at 1216 Jaybird Dr. in Portland.
The company is a Tier I and Tier
II automotive supplier and will
produce parts for the southeastern market and worldwide distribution.
The addition of this new location
will expand the company’s global
footprint to meet the needs of its
customers with the ability to offer
all of its existing products and
services in a southern location.
Hatch Stamping currently has five
manufacturing facilities and a
sales office in Michigan, and one
manufacturing facility in Queretaro, Mexico. Products include
brake, seat, fuel and safetyrestraint systems for automobiles.
Source: TN ECD
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Southtec Grows In Wilson County
LEBANON, TN (June)
Southtec, LLC officials announced the company will expand its current operations in
Lebanon. The automotive parts
manufacturer will invest $23.6
million to add onto its existing
facility in Lebanon, as well as
develop a new Lebanon property creating 210 new jobs.
Southtec is expanding due to
volume increases attributed to
businesses with OEMs. The
company produces stampings
and welded assemblies for the
automotive industry. Southtec
currently operates in Lebanon
with 315 employees. That facility will require an expansion of
approximately 30,250 square
feet to accommodate two new
large automotive stamping
presses and associated equipment and employees.
Additionally, Southtec will develop a new, but existing facility, in Lebanon. In total, these
expansions will bring
Southtec’s total Tennessee
employment to 525 employees,
a 66 percent increase over
three to four years.Source: TN
ECD
CLARCOR to Establish State-of-the-Art
Innovation Center in Columbia
COLUMBIA, TN (June)
CLARCOR Inc. officials announced the company will acquire a 62,250 square foot
structure in Columbia to create
a state-of-the-art global research and product development resource to be known as
the CLARCOR Innovation Center. CLARCOR, a global provider of filtration products, systems
and services, will invest in excess of $10 million and create
35 new jobs across its two Middle Tennessee locations over
the next five years.
CLARCOR will immediately
begin renovation of a two-story
commercial building at 2203
Oakland Pkwy. The CLARCOR
Innovation Center will include
research laboratories, pilot and
semi-works lines, a Center of
Excellence for nanofiber production and a Learning Center
to educate and showcase
CLARCOR to customers, new
employees and shareholders.
CKNA Continues to Grow
Located just 30 miles from
CLARCOR’s corporate headquarters in Franklin, the Innovation Center will house a staff of
research scientists and engineers, along with the company’s
Advanced Filtration Solutions
group. Source: TN ECD
LEWISBURG, TN (June) Calsonic Kansei North America (CKNA)
celebrated the grand opening of
its new distribution facility in
Lewisburg. The company broke
ground on the Marshall County
expansion, which will create 526
new jobs over the next three
years, in July 2013. This new facility will operate 24 hours a day
and supply to Nissan.
CKNA is also expanding its footprint at its other two Middle Tennessee facilities. In September
2013, the company announced it
would invest $57.6 million at its
Shelbyville facility, which manufactures exhaust units, catalytic
converters and manifolds and
add approximately 489 new
jobs over the next three years.
The company also announced
it would invest $2.1 million at
its Smyrna facility, which is
located within the Nissan plant
and places Calsonic products
into the Nissan vehicles, and
add approximately 183 new
jobs will be created over the
next three years.
CKNA expects the expansions
will be completed around December 2015. Source: TN ECD
“Gallatin Is Firing On All Cylinders”
GALLATIN, TN (July) It was announced that ABC Group
Inc. will expand and double its workforce in Gallatin.
The company will invest $25.5 million in land, equipment and
infrastructure in order to create 230 jobs over a period of five
years in the town. At the current facility there are 196 employees.
The company makes automotive parts and is expanding its
plant in order to increase production capacity of interior trim,
console and load floors for the GMC and Cadillac vehicles
manufactured at the General Motors location in Spring Hill.
Over the past two years, Gallatin has made announcements about 1,100 new jobs, according to
Gallatin Economic Development Agency Director James Fenton. “That many announcements in
that short period of time is just unprecedented in Gallatin’s history,” Fenton told The Tennessean.
“We’ve had robust interest in Gallatin. Obviously, the economy turning around had a great deal to
do with it and the foresight and planning of the city to invest in itself.” “Gallatin is firing on all cylinders,” Fenton said. “The entire city is up and operating at top efficiency and that makes a big impression on companies that are looking.” Source: The Tennessean
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American Colors Building Lab in Gallatin
GALLATIN, TN (July) American Colors
Inc. announced plans to build a new
30,000 square foot manufacturing and
research facility in the Gallatin Industrial
Center, a Select Tennessee Certified
Site. To support ongoing growth at the
company’s existing Lebanon location,
American Colors will invest $3.7 million
and create 31 new jobs in Sumner County.
Shanghai, China to serve
the company’s Asian markets.
American Colors is a manufacturer of high quality liquid
pigment systems and intermediates specializing in
customer-focused solutions
to complex coatings and
colorants problems. The
The Gallatin facility will produce products company enlists personnel
for the composites, coatings, plastics and and couples them with preagricultural industries and also include a mium production equipment
research lab housing chemists and tech- and state-of-the-art laboratonicians. American Colors anticipates the ry instruments. Source: TN ECD
facility will be fully operational by the first
quarter of 2015.
In addition to the company’s Tennessee
facilities, American Colors has manufacturing locations in Sandusky, Ohio and
Hankook Site Preparation
CLARKSVILLE, TN (July) Site preparation and grading
are now well underway for Hankook Tire along International Boulevard near Rossview Road and Exit 8 of Interstate
24 in Clarksville. The grading at the 469 acre site involves
moving 4.5 million yards of dirt. By October, Hankook expects to begin the two-phase construction process for their
1.5 million square foot, $800 million tire plant.
Last October, the South Korean tire manufacturer announced plans to locate its first U.S. manufacturing facility
at the Clarksville Corporate Business Park in Montgomery
County. Hankook Tire will invest $800 million in a state-ofthe-art manufacturing facility and create 1,800 new jobs in
Clarksville. The company is expected to begin tire production at this new facility by 2016. Source: TN ECD
L-R: Rob Jones, Plant Manager for American Colors Inc (ACI); Matt Kosior, COO for
ACI; Mayor Jo Ann Graves; Jim Wible, President/CEO of ACI; James Fenton, Gallatin
EDA Executive Director ; and Jim Hallock, VP of ACI
UBS Celebrates Ribbon Cutting in Nashville
NASHVILLE, TN (July) UBS
held a ribbon cutting ceremony
in downtown Nashville to celebrate the grand opening of its
new Business Solutions Center. The global financial services company announced new
community partnerships with
Launch Tennessee
(LaunchTN), a public-private
partnership focused on supporting the development of high
-growth companies in Tennessee, and Nashville-based Tennessee Access and Success Network (TCASN), an organization that seeks to
remove higher education barriers, promote college persistence, and increase
postsecondary completion rates.
UBS revealed plans for the center last August including an investment of $36.5
million and the creation of 1,000 new jobs over the next five years. The UBS
Nashville Business Solutions Center will offer expanded business services in
support of the firm’s Wealth Management and Investment Banking divisions. 
Source: TN ECD
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Schrader Reaches Two Major Milestones
SPRINGFIELD, TN (July)
Schrader International, the leading
global manufacturer of sensing and
valve solutions, announces two significant achievements for the company. As an innovator in tire pressure
monitoring systems (TPMS), Schrader has now produced 300 million
TPMS sensors, a vehicle safety
feature that’s standard on all cars
and light trucks sold in the U.S.,
Europe and several Asia-Pacific
countries. Supporting this continued
global growth of TPMS technology,
Schrader has also expanded its
Springfield, Tenn., facility with a new
$15 million capacity investment.
Both milestones are symbolic of
Schrader’s continued leadership in
technology, rapid industry growth
and ongoing commitment to its employees in Springfield, TN.
For those global vehicle platforms
equipped with direct TPMS technology, more than half utilize Schrader
sensors. With the adoption of TPMS
legislation in Europe, Russia and in
several Asia-Pacific countries, and
growth among American vehicle
manufacturers, Schrader is nearly
doubling its manufacturing capacity
and capabilities both in the U.S. and
internationally to keep pace with the
global demand for TPMS integration.
With additional capacity in place, the
Springfield facility will continue to be
a hub for high-tech TPMS manufacturing in the U.S. The investment in
the newly installed equipment and
facility expansion will increase the
location’s production capacity by
more than 50%, and create an additional 100 new high-tech manufacturing jobs in the local Springfield
area.
Schrader hosted a ribbon cutting
ceremony to celebrate the milestone,
with several federal and state governmental officials in attendance,
including U.S. Representative Diane
Black (R-Tenn.).
For more than 165 years, Schrader
has been the global leader in the
design and manufacture of valve,
mechanical and electronic system
components and sensing technologies. Schrader has been recognized
by many government organizations
for its commitment to innovation,
quality and safety, and the company
won its second Frost & Sullivan®
Leadership Award for TPMS in both
OEM and aftermarket channels in
2013. Source: Schrader International website
Magneti Marelli Honored
PULASKI, TN (July) Magneti Marelli, located in Pulaski, received the prestigious 2014 Jeep Cherokee Supplier Launch
Recognition Award from Chrysler. Only four of more than 300
suppliers for the Jeep Cherokee received this recognition.
Representatives from Chrysler presented the award at a ceremony Thursday afternoon at the plant. Accepting on behalf of
Magneti Marelli were four employees, “the Core Four,” involved with the original product launch in 2013.
The lighting division opened in 2013 in Pulaski. Magneti Marelli employs more than 650 at the plant in Tennessee.
Source: TN ECD
ServiceSource Expanding Downtown
NASHVILLE, TN (August) ServiceSource officials announced
their plans to expand the company’s Nashville sales center with
the creation of 100 full-time jobs.
ServiceSource will hire sales representatives and other support
staff that manage service contract
and subscription renewals for
more than 40 hardware, software,
software as a service, and health
care technology companies, according to a release. The San
Francisco-based company did not
note in the release a timetable to
have the 100 new employees in
place.
The new employees will work from
ServiceSource’s downtown tower,
in which the company leases eight
floors and has 800 employees.
The Nashville office, which represents ServiceSource’s largest
sales center, supports multiple
Silicon Valley-based customers,
providing a high-tech linkage with
the San Francisco Bay area.
ServiceSource bills itself as the
third largest technology employer
in the greater Nashville area.
Customers supported from the
Nashville sales center include
Adobe, Affymetrix, Beckman Coulter, Cardiac Science, Gerber,
Google and Siemens. Source: TN
ECD
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Beretta USA Announces Decision to Move
GALLATIN, TN (July) Beretta
U.S.A. Corp., located in Accokeek, Maryland, announced that
it has decided to move its manufacturing capabilities from its existing location to a new production
facility that it is building in Gallatin.
The Gallatin facility is scheduled
to be opened in mid-2015.
Beretta U.S.A. had previously
planned to use the new Gallatinfacility for new machinery and
production of new products only.
Beretta U.S.A. anticipates that the
Gallatin facility will involve $45
million of investment in building
The transition of production from
and equipment and the employBeretta U.S.A.’s Maryland facility
ment of around 300 employees
to the Tennessee facility will not
during the next five years.
GALLATIN, TN
occur until 2015 and will be manBeretta U.S.A. has no plans to (August) Beretta
aged so as not to disrupt deliverU.S.A. celebrated
ies to Beretta customers. Beretta relocate its office, administrative and executive support func- the groundbreakU.S.A.’s production of the U.S.
ing of its new,
Armed Forces M9 9mm pistol will tions from its Accokeek, Mary- state-of-the-art
land facility. Source: TN ECD
continue at the Accokeek, Maryproduction facility
land facility until all current orders
and campus in
from the U.S. Armed Forces have
turing operations from Maryland to
Gallatin in August. The worldbeen filled.
renowned gun manufacturer an- Tennessee.
nounced in January that it would Beretta U.S.A. officials were
invest $45 million in this manufac- joined at the groundbreaking by
Academy Sports + Outdoors Plans
turing and R&D facility in the Gal- Gov. Haslam, Commisisoner
$100 Million Distribution Center
latin Industrial Park and create
Hagerty, U.S. Senator Lamar Al300 new jobs.
exander, U.S. Representative
COOKEVILLE, TN (August) Academy
In July, Beretta U.S.A. announced Diane Black and other state and
Sports + Outdoors officials announced the
it would move all of its manufac- local officials. Source: TN ECD
company will build a new 1.6 million square
foot distribution center on more than 200
acres in Cookeville to support continued
The company is headquartered in
company growth. The premier sports, out- Katy, Texas with a distribution
doors and lifestyle retailer will invest $100 facility there as well as a second
million and create approximately 700 new distribution center in Jeffersonjobs in Putnam County over the next five
ville, Georgia.
years.
The company will begin initial
Academy Sports + Outdoors will began
hiring in Fall 2015.
construction on the facility in August and
plans to become operational in early 2016. Academy Sports + Outdoors is a
premier sports, outdoor and lifeThe site is located south of Old Stewart
Road along Interstate 40 on the west side style retailer with a broad assortment of quality hunting, fishing
of Cookeville. This will be the company’s
and camping equipment and gear along
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kanthird distribution center.
with sports and leisure products, footwear,
sas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North
Academy Sports + Outdoors currently oper- apparel and much more. The Texas-based
Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tenates nine stores in Tennessee with a 10th company operates 178 stores throughout
nessee and Texas. Source: TN ECD
store planned to open this fall in Memphis.
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GM Shifts Car, Engine Output to TN
SPRING HILL, TN (August) General Motors officials announced the company will
invest $185 million to make small gas engines at its Spring Hill manufacturing complex. GM also identified the next-generation
Cadillac SRX as a future mid-size vehicle
to be produced at Spring Hill.
The investment supports GM’s new small
displacement engine, which is part of an
all-new Ecotec engine family that will be
used by five GM brands in 27 models by
the 2017 model year, powering many of the
company’s high-volume small car and compact-crossover vehicles.
Spring Hill is among six manufacturing locations around the globe that will produce
the new engine, and an additional $48.4
million investment is planned for the Bedford, Indiana powertrain castings plant.
The naming of the Cadillac SRX program
follows GM’s previously announced $350
million investment in Spring Hill for two
future mid-size vehicles expected to create
or retain approximately 1,800 jobs. Source:
TN ECD
Federal-Mogul Expanding Footprint
New Oreck Owner to Add Jobs in Cookeville
COOKEVILLE, TN (August)
Based in Glenwillow, Ohio TTI Floor Care North America,
which bought Oreck Company
last summer, announced the
company will invest in its
Cookeville facility by adding
additional manufacturing capacity to introduce new product lines
and support existing product
transfers.
TTI Floor Care North America
will create 211 new jobs in Putnam County, nearly doubling its
workforce over the next five
years.
SMYRNA, TN (August) Federal-Mogul officials announced the
company will invest $6.2 million to expand its current distribution facility in Smyrna and create 135 new jobs in Rutherford
County.
The company is expanding its existing Worldwide Aftermarket
Distribution Center in Smyrna, due to the recent purchase of
part of Affinia’s product line. Affinia is a leader in the manufacturing and distribution of automotive replacement products.
As part of this expansion, Federal-Mogul will increase its Smyrna footprint from 600,000 square feet to 800,000 square feet.
This larger warehouse and distribution capacity will allow the
facility to become more productive.
In addition to its Smyrna location, Federal-Mogul has operations
in Smithville and Sparta, Tennessee. In total, approximately
1,000 people are employed at Federal-Mogul’s three Tennessee locations.Source: TN ECD
As TTI Floor Care’s operations
expand and product lines are
moved to Cookeville, the company plans to return portions of
their production capacity from China and Mexico.
TTI Floor Care North America is one of the largest floor care manufacturers
in North America and home to Hoover, Dirt Devil and Oreck vacuum cleaners. The Cookeville facility supports the company’s manufacturing, assembly and distribution operations, and will receive extensive building upgrades
and infrastructure improvements through the expansion. TTI also maintains
a call center at the Cookeville location. Worldwide, TTI has about 18,800
employees and had nearly $4.3 billion in sales during 2013Source: TN ECD
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Select Tennessee Certified Sites
The Tennessee Department of Economic and
Community Development announced the next
four Middle Tennessee Select Tennessee Certified Sites. The Select Tennessee program was
launched in June 2012 with the goal of helping
Tennessee communities prepare available sites
for investment and expansion. The program
sets a consistent and rigorous standard upon
which companies can rely in making critical
location decisions. To date, 34 greenfield sites
have been certified and new facilities are being
located at Select Tennessee Sites in Anderson,
Benton, Dyer, Montgomery and Sumner Counties. The four newest Middle Tennessee sites
are:
• Cherry Glen Industrial Park: Maury County
(Hwy 43/Sam Watkins Blvd., Mt. Pleasant)
• Fayetteville-Lincoln County Industrial
Park, Lot 4: Lincoln County (Winchester Highway, Fayetteville)
• Team Lawrence Commerce Park, East
Site: Lawrence County (US Highway 43N,
Ethridge)
• Team Lawrence Commerce Park, West
Site: Lawrence County (US Highway 43N,
Ethridge)
The program acknowledges that companies
looking to expand or relocate their operations
often eliminate less-prepared sites and addresses this issue by ensuring sites meet a
specific standard. Among the qualifications
needed to become certified, a site must have at
least 20 developable acres, proper zoning in
place to allow for ease of development, all utilities at the site or a formal plan to extend to the
site, and truck-quality road access.
A hallmark of the program is ensuring that Tennessee sites are ready for development, whether through marketing those ready for a prospect
or providing guidance for uncertified sites to
achieve a higher level of preparedness.
TNECD has partnered with Austin Consulting
and The Foote Consulting Group to administer
the program.
There are now 34 Select Tennessee Certified
Sites available in 22 different counties across
the state. Communities interested in participating in the program must begin the formal application process by sending in their letter of intent. The letter of intent can be sent in by email
to Select.Tennessee@tn.gov at any time. An
example of the letter of intent and more information about the program can be found at
http://tnecd.com/apply.html. Source: TN ECD
Middle Tennessee Industrial
Development Association
2014-2015 Executive Committee
PRESIDENT
Darrell Gillespie, General Manager
Dickson Electric System
P.O. Box 627
Dickson, TN 37056
VICE PRESIDENT
Jimmy Gregory, General Manger
Upper Cumberland EMC
P.O. Box 159
South Carthage, TN 37030
SECRETARY/TREASURER
R. Wes Kelley, Executive Director
Columbia Power & Water Systems
P.O. Box 379
Columbia, TN 38401
MEMBERS
Derek Church, Manager
Mount Pleasant Power System
P.O. Box 186,
Mt. Pleasant, TN 38474-0186
Chris Jones, President
Middle TN Electric Mem. Corp.
555 New Salem Road
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
Bill Rogers, General Manager
Caney Fork Electric Coop.
P.O. Box 272
McMinnville, TN 37111
Steven Moore
Target Market Specialist
Tennessee Valley Authority
P.O. Box 292409,
Nashville, TN 37229-2409
The MTIDA Industry Leader is published by the
Middle Tennessee
Industrial Development Association
2108 Westwood Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212
Phone: 615.269.5233
Fax: 615.269.5184
Email: mtida@mtida.org  Website:
www.mtida.org
Executive Director: George W. Shuff, III