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Hörmann, LLC officials announced Thursday that the company will invest nearly $64 million to establish a manufacturing facility in Sparta. Hörmann plans to create approximately 200 new jobs at the new operation in White County. “We are constantly trying to attract world-class companies like Hörmann to Tennessee,” Governor Bill Haslam said. “Hörmann’s investment in White County underscores the confidence global businesses have in Tennessee’s skilled workforce and business-friendly environment. I’d like to thank Hörmann for creating 200 well-paying jobs in the Upper Cumberland and bringing us one step closer to making Tennessee the No. 1 location in the Southeast for...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Automotive supplier Denso announced plans Friday to invest $1 billion and create more than 1,000 new jobs in its main Tennessee facility to meet growing demand for electric vehicle parts. The investment is aimed at making the Maryville plant the Japanese company's primary manufacturer in North American for electrification and safety systems, the company said. "This is an investment in the future of Denso, and also the future of transportation," Kenichiro Ito, the chairman of Denso North America, said in a statement. "We are seeing dramatic shifts in the role of transportation in society, and this...

Florida medical call center is going to hire some 200 people in Spring Hill, employing agents and triage nurses. Call 4 Health will replace urgent contact provider Call 2 Answer in the 15,000 square-foot Workforce Development & Conference Center at Northfield, the business said in a press release. According to Call 4 Health’s CEO Joseph Pores, this third-location for his company is being opened to meet demand in the medical industry for call center services. “With this new facility, we will be able to greatly increase our volume and bring our proprietary, innovative technology to even more hospitals and medical...

ZAF Energy Systems Inc. opened a new production facility in Joplin Thursday, which is expected to create more than 100 jobs. The Montana-based company, which develops next-generation battery technology, is expanding its production capacity to meet customer demand and drive more interest in its rechargeable nickel zinc battery (NiZn) as a replacement for lead-acid batteries. The additional capacity also will help it expedite licensing and joint venture negotiations, as well as commercializing its products on a global scale. “We just weren’t able to keep up with the demand with the capacity we had in Montana,” said ZAF CEO Randy Moore...

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that Siemens and Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation have chosen Hillsborough County as the headquarters location for their new joint venture, Advanced Airfoil Components. The Advanced Airfoil Components manufacturing facility will lead to the creation of 350 new jobs with a capital investment of approximately $139 million. Siemens and Chromalloy evaluated multiple states before ultimately choosing Florida as the best destination for this new headquarters. Governor Scott said, “I’m proud to announce that Siemens and Chromalloy chose Florida as the best place to start their new joint venture that will create 350 new jobs...

Despite the promise of creating 600 permanent jobs, the ethane cracker plant being built about 40 minutes northwest of Pittsburgh by car continues to face scrutiny from environmental groups. Shell Chemical Appalachia decided in 2012 that Beaver County would be the site of a new $6 billion plant to manufacture plastics. Shell chose the Beaver County location because of its proximity to natural gas supplies and because the majority of North American polyethylene — the most common plastic — customers are in a 700-mile radius of Pittsburgh. In a statement published on its website, Shell said it expects to employ...

A Chicago-based company will open a Birmingham plant, creating 100 jobs. Zekelman Industries said its Z Modular division will take the 106,000-square-foot former O’Neal Steel building in Valley East Industrial Park. It will be the first U.S. manufacturing plant for the company formed less than a year ago from VectorBloc Corp., Z Modular Fabrication and Connexio Building Systems Inc. “The city of Birmingham is proud to welcome Z Modular to our community,” Birmingham Mayor William Bell said. “This company represents the future of the construction industry. Z Modular choosing our region for its first U.S. plant signifies Birmingham’s importance to...

FISHERS, Ind. (Statehouse File) — A year ago Brent Oakley’s idea for a business was just taking shape. Now he expects to create 250 more tech jobs in central Indiana by 2020. Fuzic, founded in 2016 in Fishers, provides location-based businesses with a way to create music playlists and audio announcements with a software platform. It currently employs about 30 Hoosiers. “When we first started kicking around the idea of the business last year, we didn’t even think we’d be moving 30 employees over to a new building,” said Oakley, the founder of Fuzic. Forbes Magazine named Indiana the fifth...

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STAMFORD — Governor Malloy announced Tuesday that the second largest cable operator in the country, Charter Communications, is planning to build a 500,000 square foot, 15 story headquarter building in Stamford, and plans to add 1,100 new jobs. It follows the company’s commitment to create and retain 400 jobs under the stat’s First Five program back in 2012, which was created to invest in companies with incentives to get them to invest back in the state. Charter now has committed to create an additional 1,100 new corporate headquarters jobs, and has agreed to a $100 million in planned capital expenditures...

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Gov. Kay Ivey announced that Provalus, a company specializing in business technology service and support, plans to invest $6.5 million to open a center in Brewton staffed with 300 workers. Atlanta-based Optomi, one of the nation’s fastest-growing tech-staff firms, launched Provalus to provide an alternative to overseas outsourcing of business functions. Provalus aims to utilize untapped talent in small communities for technology, business and support positions. “Our main mission is to provide value from the U.S. by bringing jobs back, especially to rural areas,” Provalus President Chuck Ruggiero said. The center in Brewton, a city of 5,500 in Escambia County,...

Organizers for an art festival are seeking $90,000 to erect a 45-foot-tall sculpture of a naked woman on the National Mall as way to combat the objectification of female bodies. WTOP reports the Catharsis on the Mall organizers are trying to raise money to move the sculpture, known as R-Evolution, from San Francisco to Washington D.C. so it can be placed on the National Mall facing the White House, for all festival-goers and tourists to see. The fundraising page for the move, which has received almost $20,000 in three days (albeit only 22 percent of its goal), claims the R-Evolution sculpture can...

n this city, a petri dish of progressivism, a prevailing theory is that when you raise the price of something, people will buy less of it, except when they do not. A related theory is that constitutional and statutory texts should be construed in the spirit of Friedrich Nietzsche: There are no facts, only interpretations. The city council has voted to impose a tax, effective next year, on sugary soft drinks, raising the price of a 2-liter bottle of soda about $1.18. Presented as a public health measure to combat obesity, the tax is projected to generate about $15 million...

RICHBURG, S.C. (WOLO) – Leaders will gather in Richburg next week to celebrate the completion of global tire company, Giti Tire’s, first factory on U.S. soil. The company said the new 1.7 million square-foot facility will eventually create 1,700 jobs – which it said is a part of Walmart’s promise to buy an additional $250 billion in products supporting American jobs by 2023. Richburg is a town with a couple hundred residents in Chester County, located just off I-77. On Wednesday, October 4, S.C. Governor Henry McMaster, Giti Chairman Enki Tan and Walmart President and CEO Greg Foran will gather...

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - A project development agreement between the City of Huntsville and Aerojet Rocketdyne will translate to more than 700 new jobs. The rocket and missile propulsion manufacturer plans to expand operations in the rocket city with a defense business headquarters and rocket shop business at Cummins Research Park. An engine assembly and advanced manufacturing will be built at the North Huntsville Industrial Park along Pulaski Pike. The jobs will offer minimum salaries close to $80,000, with average wages sitting at $38.25/hr. The manufacturing plant is expected to build propulsion engines for the SLS deep space rocket. The...

That’s my post title and I’m sticking to it — even though I don’t know that Puerto Rico can be fixed.  So far as I can tell, it’s a mess.  It is not a simple case of “well running state (OK, commonwealth) devastated by a massively destructive hurricane.”  Recall that they had not long ago declared bankruptcy, that they are so poor that their household income is less than half that of the 50th state, Mississippi (see Wikipedia), and that (per the AP), The island’s infrastructure was in sorry shape long before Maria struck. A $73 billion debt crisis has...

LAKE OZARK, MO (KOMU/CNN) - A bar is getting criticism for a doormat that's being called racist. The makeshift mat of NFL jerseys started as a stance against anthem protests. Jason Burle has been running a Lake of the Ozarks bar for almost two years, a project that gives a nod to his military roots. His father served in the Navy from 1969 to 1973 during Vietnam. He, too, served in the military, and now his son. In the “hallway of heroes” around the corner from the bar, there is a reminder of what the Snafu Bar is really about....

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that Brakebush Brothers, Inc. will build a new 315,000 square foot processing plant in Greenville, TX. Brakebush Brothers is a family owned business, which has been in operation for 92 years as a processor of chicken products. This new facility is expected to create over 800 jobs in Greenville’s Park West industrial park and will be the second Texas location for Brakebush Brothers. A Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) grant offer of $780,000 has been extended to Brakebush. “The Texas economy continues to drive business growth, creating opportunities that make the Lone Star State a premier...

On Wednesday morning, Cleco held a news conference announcing their new S.T.A.R.T program. They called it a $130 million customer service "upgrade." The project will create 221 new jobs and generate $1.5 million in state and local tax revenues. "It will allow our employees to work more efficiently," said Andre Guillory with Cleco. Alexandria Mayor Jacques Roy explained how projects like S.T.A.R.T. will pay for events such as the Alexandria Riverfete and Winterfete. "This is about localism," Roy said. "A very symbolic moment for Cleco and Alexandria." "Let's not forget Cleco exists here in our community," added Pineville Mayor Clarence...