VW’s CrossBlue is shown at the North American International Auto Show.A Chinese auto parts company aiming to supply interiors for Volkswagen’s new sport utility vehicle has plans to open a plant in the Chattanooga area and create 330 jobs.
Yanfeng USA officials are eyeing the area for a building in which it would set up a multimillion-dollar operation, said Kerri Szalony, director of human resources for the company at its American headquarters in Michigan.
“We have a few options on the table,” she said Friday, adding that officials hope to make a decision on a building within two months. “We’re currently working with local government from an incentive perspective.”
Szalony said the plant would provide interior trim components for the midsize SUV, dubbed the CrossBlue, that VW is to start producing in late 2016.
An online job recruitment ad for Yanfeng says that “we are looking to grow our engineering staff in Michigan and in our new facilities in Riverside, Mo., and Chattanooga, Tenn.”