A historic Manchester, Tenn., factory that once produced pajamas, some even featuring superhero themes, is becoming home to an injection molding facility called Top Tenn LLC, to serve the region’s automotive industries.
Eric Hamilton, Jeff Brunelle, Josh Ledbetter and a silent member of the partnership bring decades of experience in toolmaking, injection molding and mechanical and electrical engineering to the new venture.
Hamilton said the facility will create up to 50 jobs over the next two years. But first comes the task of converting a former 100,000-square-foot pajama factory into a high-tech plastic injection molding operation.
Water pipes were leaking, the heat and air conditioning didn’t work, and the whole building was not properly powered to run injection molding machines, Hamilton said.
But the most important elements — structure, walls, roofing — are more than sound, he said.