Author: Marcherie Savage

In the third expansion of its facility over the past three decades, the full-scope plastics manufacturer Primex is expanding its production plant and adding a new research and development center this summer.

The $5.4 million expansion will add another 25,000 square feet to the plant on Commerce Drive in Jasper, Tennessee, and add 28 more jobs, primarily in the new R&D center. Primex, which acquired the former O’Neil Color in the 1980s, will grow the plant staff to about 130 employees with its latest addition. Click here to learn more.

Times Free Press by Dave Flessner

The tire nylon manufacturer Kordsa, which took over part of the former DuPont plant in Hixson nearly a decade ago, announced Tuesday it is investing $50 million to expand nylon production at its Chattanooga plant.

Kordsa Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Kordsa, said the expansion will add 200 more jobs in Chattanooga and increase its capacity to convert its products into tire cord fabric. The Chattanooga facility manufactures Nylon 66 yarn and ships it to North Carolina, where it is converted into tire cord fabric and sold to tire manufacturers across the United States. Click here to learn more.

Chattanooga Times Free Press by Staff report

Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Dalton, Georgia, on April 6th, 2023 to lift up the Carpet Capital as an example of how the green energy economy can help rebuild America’s manufacturing strength.

Dalton is getting 2,500 new jobs from one of the biggest new business investments ever in Northwest Georgia. Qcells is investing over $2.5 billion at its plant in the Carbondale Industrial Park and at another facility being built 40 miles south in Cartersville, Georgia.  Click here to read more.

Chattanooga Times Free Press – BY DAVE FLESSNER STAFF WRITER

Duracell Manufacturing plans to invest $25 million to expand its existing battery component-making operations in Cleveland, Tennessee, and create 25 new jobs. The expansion will support Duracell’s LaGrange, Georgia, site by providing strategic battery components supply and allow the company to meet and exceed its growing North American battery demand, according to the company. Click here to learn more.

(Chattanooga Times Free Press— Written by Mike Pare)