Hicks Plastics, a maker of automotive lighting components, plans to create 202 jobs, investing $10.4 million in a Knoxville plant, officials said Wednesday.
The company is to begin producing its components in July and become fully operational by December, according to the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.
“Through companies like Hicks Plastics, we will continue to strengthen our supplier network and provide opportunities for growth in our communities,” said Randy Boyd, the department’s commissioner.
Hicks Plastics specializes in molded and vacuum metalized lighting components. The company is expanding its manufacturing operations from Michigan to Knoxville in order to be closer to SL Tennessee, which produces head lamps and tail lamps for the automotive market.
At the Knoxville location, Hicks Plastics will produce lighting components for various General Motors vehicles.