Gov. Bill Haslam greets the crowd when Lifetime Products CEO Richard Henderson and Haslam announced the manufacturing company's relocation to Knoxville on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015.Lifetime Products expects to employ 125 workers when it opens a new kayak manufacturing plant in April 2017, a facility the company said also will serve as a distribution hub for East Coast and overseas customers, records show.
The company plans to phase in 500 jobs over five years, among the new details released on the deal - dubbed "Project Holston" by officials - to bring the Utah-based company to Knox County.
The Development Corp. of Knox County last week released to the News Sentinel documents outlining aspects of the deal, including the company's application for a tax abatement program.
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