Charles Wood of the Chattanooga Area Chamber of CommerceVIDEO
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AREA JOB GAINS
Recent announcements in the region:• Engineered Floors – 2,400• Convergys – 900• Mohawk – 500• Global Green Lighting – 210• Beaulieu of America – 200• Denso – 130• Roper – 90• Southeast Mahindra USA – 55• WNA Chattanooga – 53• M&M Mars – 50• Clark-Cutler-McDermott – 50
A plastic cup maker’s plans to bolster its Chattanooga workforce by more than 50 employees and invest nearly $22 million is the latest in a string of jobs gains in the region.
“We’re trying to keep that pipeline filled,” said Charles Wood, the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce’s vice president for economic development.
WNA Chattanooga, known for many years as American Plastics, on Tuesday unveiled plans to add a new production line to one of its two local operations and create 53 new jobs over three years. The company employs about 270 workers in Chattanooga.