The CEO of Volkswagen’s planned assembly plant in Chattanooga said Monday the $1 billion project is on schedule and 2011 is still the target for the start of production.
CEO Frank Fischer showed architectural drawings of parts of the plant during a community briefing Monday in Chattanooga.
Volkswagen has projected that the plant will have about 2,000 [...]
January 14, 2009
No delay in planned VW plant in Chattanooga
January 14, 2009
State career center at Cleveland closes
State labor officials say the closing of the Southeast Tennessee Career Center at Cleveland is part of a cost-cutting consolidation that started two years ago.
Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development spokesman Jeff Hentschel told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that closing the Cleveland center Wednesday is expected to save about $218,000 a year.
The center [...]
January 14, 2009
Local body armor manufacturer lays off 114 workers temporarily
BAE Systems, which runs a body armor manufacturing plant in Grainger County, is temporarily cutting 114 jobs, officials announced Wednesday.
The reduction at the Individual Equipment facility affects the workers for up to 60 days.
BAE made the decision due to postponed Department of Defense contract awards.
“We attempted to reduce the impact of this reduction, and postponed [...]
January 14, 2009
Mercy: Plans still on for new downtown Knoxville hospital
A report from Catholic News service saying Mercy Health has abandoned plans for a new downtown hospital is incorrect, a Mercy spokesman says Wednesday.
According to spokesman Craig Griffith, a downtown hospital will be built in Knoxville. It’s planned to replace the Baptist Hospital at the corner of Henley Street and Blount Avenue.
“An article concerning philanthropy [...]
