MANN+HUMMELFounded: Ludwigsburg, Germany, in 1941U.S. headquarters: Portage, Mich.Employees: 13,200 worldwideLocations: 41 globallySales: $2.8 billion (2010)Net income: $129 million (2010)Source: Mann+Hummel
Dwain Land on Wednesday got the kind of news every mayor wants.
Mann+Hummel USA announced plans to build an auto supplier plant with up to 150 jobs, and the Dunlap, Tenn., mayor hopes the $15 million factory will help cut Sequatchie County’s 9.3 percent jobless rate.
“It’s a huge move and a step in the right direction,” he said.
The German auto supplier, which will make air intake manifolds and air cleaner systems in Dunlap, is to move into the closed Seymour Tubing plant pending final approvals, the mayor said.