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These were the Chattanooga area’s biggest business projects announced in 2016

These are the biggest business projects in the Chattanooga area announced in 2016:

1. Wacker Chemical will add another $150 million production plant in Charleston, Tennessee, to make its HDK brand of pyrogenic silica, adding 50 jobs.

2. Mohawk Industries expands its vinyl flooring plant in Dalton with a $100 million investment to add 200 jobs.

3. Lodge Manufacturing Co. add another $90 million foundry in South Pittsburg, adding 92 jobs

4. FedEx ground transportation facility on I-75 exit 9, a $30 million building to expand distribution