Furniture maker England Inc., a division of La-Z-Boy, is expanding its East Tennessee operations by creating more than 200 jobs and investing $31 million in new manufacturing facilities.
England will add 87,000 square feet to its manufacturing facility in New Tazewell, north of Knoxville in Claiborne County, and construct a new 23,000-square-foot corporate office.
The manufacturing facility is set to be operational by January 2019 and the corporate office space ready by the spring of 2019, according to Gov. Bill Haslam and state Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe.
Kurt L. Darrow, CEO of La-Z-Boy, said in a statement that the company has a long history in Tennessee, with England operating in New Tazewell for more than 50 years.
He said the company’s largest La-Z-Boy branded facility, in Dayton, has operated in the state for more than 45 years.
In Dayton, La-Z-B0y employs about 1,400 people who make more than 800,000 pieces of furniture every year.