Westinghouse Electric Co. has plans to invest $9.45 million to set up a new services facility at its Chattanooga operation and create 52 jobs, officials said today.
“Our people in Chattanooga made a substantial and well-founded case to maintain and grow our Chattanooga facility,” said Russell L. Bussard, Westinghouse’s facilities and real estate manager.
Westinghouse’s Nuclear Services Business Unit will purchase the former Metals USA building that has been vacant for over a year in the Centre South Riverport, according to the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce.
Westinghouse currently leases a building from Alstom on Riverfront Parkway, but Alstom had planned to discontinue the lease because it needs the facility for its $200 million expansion announced last December.
Westinghouse Nuclear Services currently employs 75 people at the Riverfront Parkway facility.
See tomorrow’s Chattanooga Times Free Press for complete coverage.
Mike Pare, the deputy Business editor at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, has worked at the paper for 27 years. In addition to editing, Mike also writes Business stories and covers Volkswagen, economic development and manufacturing in Chattanooga and the surrounding area. In the past he also has covered higher education. Mike, a native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., received a bachelor’s degree in communications from Florida Atlantic University. he worked at the Rome News-Tribune before ...
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