Tennessee’s Top Projects of 2008
Published Jul 15, 2009
Hemlock Semiconductor
Category: Manufacturing of polycrystalline silicon
Location: Clarksville, Montgomery County
Company investment: $1.2 billion to $2.5 billion
Jobs: 500, with the potential of up to 900 within five to seven years. If plans are fully implemented, the project would become the largest announced corporate capital investment in Tennessee history.
Volkswagen Group of America
Category: Auto manufacturing
Location: Chattanooga, Hamilton County
Company investment: $1 billion
Jobs: 2,000
Asurion
Category: Headquarters
Location: Nashville, Davidson County
Company investment: $100 million
Jobs: 800 over five years in headquarters and customer care
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc.
Category: Manufacturing
Location: Knoxville, Knox County
Company investment: $55 million
Jobs: 360
Leclerc Foods
Category: Baked good manufacturing; headquarters, R&D, manufacturing
Location: Kingsport, Sullivan County
Company investment: $35 million
Jobs: 85
Johnson Controls Inc.
Category: Automotive seating, consoles
and interior components manufacturing
Location: Columbia, Maury County
Company investment: $19.72 million
Jobs: 311
Science Applications International Corp.
Category: Headquarters
Location: Oak Ridge, Anderson County
Company investment: $10 million
Jobs: 150; bringing employment to 800 people
Star Manufacturing
Category: Manufacturing
Location: Smithville, DeKalb County
Company investment: $4.24 million
Jobs: 200
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