Business Facilities - September 2008 - (Page 26) CORPORATE MOVES Tennessee Japanese Auto Supplier NSK Chooses Dyersburg T Economic and Community Devel- ennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen and opment Commissioner Matt Kisber joined officials from NSK Steering Systems America, Inc. in May to celebrate the grand opening of their new facility in Dyersburg. The 100,000square-foot plant will house 140 employees and represents a capital investment of more than $6 million. “The decision by NSK to come to Dyersburg illustrates just what can be accomplished when we work together to attract new industry,” Gov. Bredesen says. “The result is that today we’re celebrating the first Japanese- owned automotive supplier to make such a significant capital investment in rural West Tennessee. I want to say thank you to NSK for selecting Dyersburg, your confidence in this community’s workforce and your strong spirit of partnership in this project.” NSK is the first Japanese-owned auto supplier to locate in Dyersburg. West Tennessee as a region is quickly becoming a growing center of automotive manufacturing, bringing more high-skilled, high-wage jobs to the area. Dyersburg is targeting auto suppliers, high-end food processors and metal fabricators in a new three-year economic development strategic plan that was developed in partnership with TVA and Boyette Levy Consulting in Atlanta. “Dyersburg is strategically located on the I-69 corridor and the main line of the Canadian National Railroad, with the only highway bridge crossing the Mississippi River between Memphis and Cairo, IL,” says chamber president Allen Hester. “We’re right in the middle of the auto plants that have migrated southward during the past 30 years.” Dyersburg is a manufacturing hub, including facilities owned by Firestone, Caterpillar, and Sara Lee Foods. #1904 at www.BusinessFacilities.com 26 SEPTEMBER 2008 http://www.dyerchamber.com http://www.dyerchamber.com http://www.BusinessFacilities.com
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