There are 10 article(s) tagged Manufacturing:

• November 2021

  • Investment firm buys Landau Uniforms

    A Texas-based private equity firm has bought Landau Uniforms, an 83-year-old company born inside a Model A Ford on the streets of Memphis.

    By Tom Bailey November 10, 2021

• July 2021

  • S. Memphis rail track company wants tax incentive to expand

    Atlantic Track plans to expand its rail-manufacturing operations in South Memphis, hiring another 26 people.

    By Tom Bailey July 26, 2021

• March 2021

  • Electric car plant proposed for Southwind

    Mullen Technologies of Brea, Calif., proposes to open a large electric-vehicle manufacturing plant in a warehouse that Nike vacated five years ago.

    By Tom Bailey March 12, 2021

  • Olive Branch plant sees the future — through its own high-tech windows

    View Inc., a company that manufactures “smart” windows in Olive Branch, went public this week to fund its aggressive expansion plans.

    By Blake Fontenay March 10, 2021

• February 2021

  • New equipment means Memphis plant can make 40M boxes of facial tissue yearly

    The mammoth K.T.G. (USA) plant in North Memphis has room to add a new equipment line. The $20 million investment also means the hiring of another 27 employees who will be paid more than $20 an hour.

    By Tom Bailey February 25, 2021

  • NexAir sees demand rise for dry ice, no thanks to Pfizer vaccine

    NexAir expected a surge in its sales of dry ice to ship and store Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. That never happened. But the company still forecasts a 16% increase in dry ice sales this year because of the growing demands of e-commerce.

    By Tom Bailey February 04, 2021

• August 2020

  • Bartlett medical-device maker to invest $13M, add 60 jobs

    Engineered Medical Systems has already more than doubled the size of its facility from 40,000 to 92,000 square feet.

    By Tom Bailey August 04, 2020

• April 2020

  • Roll, Kruger, roll: Memphis plant churns out the TP

    The giant plant makes more than 1 million rolls of toilet paper a day and it's figured out a way to increase production even more. 

    By Tom Bailey April 04, 2020

• September 2019

  • Good sign? Pallet maker plans big expansion

    The Pallet Factory has been making pallets for 42 years.

    By Tom Bailey September 04, 2019

• April 2019

  • Hickory Hill manufacturing plant says it is not closing

    When EDGE learned that a local manufacturing operation had not fulfilled its job creation promise, it began steps to remove the company from a tax incentive program. 

    By Michelle Corbet April 02, 2019