In honor of the Upper Cumberland Business Journal’s ode to INDUSTRY APPRECIATION, we have compiled a list of the region’s major industrial manufacturers. The manufacturing industry itself employs more than 313,500 Tennesseans, with more than 900 automotive manufacturers and suppliers statewide. Both are big-time forces in the UC.
Woodbury (Cannon)
Crane Interiors, boat interiors, 165 employees
Celina (Clay)
Honest Abe & Company, log homes/sawmill, 180 employees
Active Outdoors, automatic licensing services, 68 employees
Raycoe Inc., camouflage apparel, 50 employees
Smithville (DeKalb)
Federal Mogul Friction, brake linings, 625 employees
Shiroki North America, automotive and metal stampings, 340 employees
Tenneco Inc., care exhaust systems, 300 employees
Star Manufacturing International Inc., commercial food services appliances, 247 employees
Smithport Cabinetry, custom wood cabinets, 185-200 employees
Omega Apparel, military uniforms, 175-200 employees
Jamestown (Fentress)
Micro Metals, powder metal parts, 120 employees
Gainesboro (Jackson)
Eaton Corporation, hydraulic fittings and adapters, 110 employees
Nielsen & Bainbridge LLC, aluminum picture frames, 91 employees
Lafayette (Macon)
Tennplasco Inc., custom plastic injection molding, 135 employees
Fleetwood Homes Inc., manufactured homes, 133 employees
Measure Up, custom shirts, 80 employees
Cobb-Vantress, chicken hatchery, 70 employees
Big C. Corporation, barbecue gas grill covers, 65 employees
Livingston (Overton)
Hutchinson FTS Inc. (plant 1), automotive A/C components, 384 employees
Parker Hannifin Corp., seals, O-rings and gaskets, 223 employees
ABV Inoac Exterior Systems, external auto trim, 179 employees
Tanimura & Antle, lettuce and herbs, 68 employees
Carthage/Gordonsville/South Carthage (Smith)
Nyrstar Zinc Mine, zinc mining, 450 employees
Bonnell Aluminum Manufacturing Inc., aluminum extrusion, 440 employees
Dana Driveshaft Products LLC, driveshaft supplier, 225 employees
Shiroki Manufacturing, automotive supplier, 209 employees
Graphic Packaging, paper board packaging, 200 employees
Cookeville (Putnam)
Perdue, food processing, 1,100 employees
Cummins Filtration, air/water/oil filters, 600 employees
DACCO Inc., automotive transmission parts, 406 employees
Tutco Inc., heating elements, 340 employees
Flowserve, hydraulic valves, 310 employees
Spencer (Van Buren)
Acument Global Technologies, fasteners and auto specialty parts, 185 employees
McMinnville/Morrison (Warren)
Yorozu, metal stamping, 1,700 employees
Bridgestone/Firestone, radial truck and bus tires, 1,200 employees
Jarden Consumer Solutions, pet and human hair clippers, 390 employees
Morrison Tool & Fabricating, welding and fabrication, 220 employees
Cumberland Lumber & Manufacturing, hardwood strip flooring, 100 employees
Sparta/White
THK Rhythm North America, automotive parts, 355 employees
Tri-State Distribution Inc., prescription vials, 319 employees
Moeller Marine Products, rotational molding/tanks/seats, 216 employees
LTD Parts Inc., re-manufacturing starters/generators, 210 employees
Acument Global Technologies, cold form specials, 194 employees
Source: Middle Tennessee Industrial Development’s 2014 community data profile; chambers of commerce. Listing includes the top 5 major industrial manufacturers in each community with employment of 50 and above.
