Of that, Google has acquired 1,300 acres for its data center. The original acquisition of the former TVA megasite land for Hemlock was 2,400 acres. Site development has swayed in Clarksville's favor after the huge Hemlock Semiconductor disappointment. market also are planned for the northern Middle Tennessee plant. Starting in 2019, the company says, it plans to produce the vast majority of its home washers for the U.S. The company says it studied eight states and based its decision on location, business environment, economic policies, business incentives and supply chain advantages. washing machine manufacturing operations was part of a long-term planning and evaluation process. Under agreements with the state and Montgomery County, LG says it will receive various grants, tax incentives and "other types of programmatic support for construction, infrastructure improvements, job training and veterans' recruitment." The project also features Tennessee Valley Authority incentives. They see the strong workforce we have and the relationships with Fort Campbell, (Austin Peay State University) and all of our industry leaders, but I honestly believe it comes down to our people." We want to welcome LG and we look forward to working with their team as they bring their manufacturing process to Montgomery County," Durrett said. "Companies like LG choose Montgomery County for a reason. "Once again a leading global company has chosen our community. Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett was unable to attend Tuesday, but issued a statement praising the deal. "Clarksville is the kind of welcoming place where people like to come to do business." "I am so proud that LG took the 'Last Train to Clarksville,' and we hope it will be a successful partnership for many years to come," Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan said, referencing the famed Monkees song. The results so far: a $600 million Google data center in planning and development, the $800 million Hankook Tire plant and now the $250 million LG plant. The land it has acquired evolved in part from the Hemlock deal that went sour for Clarksville-Montgomery County around 2013.Īfter that case, officials in the Clarksville area had sought to take the property Hemlock abandoned and quickly make it marketable again.
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The Clarksville-Montgomery County Industrial Development Board was recently told that LG, identified by code names "Project Blue Sky" and "Project Baseball," would construct a series of industrial buildings on a large tract in the northern portion of the Corporate Business Park. Evans and Wray said they were aware of positive conversations between Hankook and LG about the Clarksville business climate. Hankook Tire, another South Korean company that is preparing to launch manufacturing in April at its $800 million plant in Clarksville, apparently played a role in the decision by LG.
Haslam press conference on LG move to Clarksville State and local incentives are involved, but not yet specified in detail.
State officials put Montgomery County in the mix for the LG plant because of the available property, formerly occupied by Hemlock Semiconductor, whose production never materialized even after the facility was fully built out and ready to start. The tract is south of Tylertown Road and east of Jim Johnson Road.
The site near Clarksville is part of the 1,167 acres that make up Corporate Business Park North. Since June, Clarksville had been competing with another undisclosed finalist city for the LG project, said Mike Evans, executive director of the Clarksville-Montgomery County Industrial Development Board, and Cal Wray, executive director of the community's Economic Development Council. The company has four divisions - Home Entertainment, Mobile Communications, Home Appliance & Air Solution, and Vehicle Components - and is headquartered in Yeouido-doug, Seoul, South Korea. LG is a vast South Korea-based company that will manufacture appliances in Clarksville - principally washing machines - in an 830,000-square-foot phase one facility. Bill Haslam said Tuesday afternoon in announcing the deal at the state Capitol, joining LG executives who said the state can now add advanced appliance and washer technologies to its list of goods produced here. "Tennessee has been known for generations as a place that makes things," Gov. The deal is expected to bring 600 new jobs in its first phase. Tennessee's expanding business partnership with South Korea was further cemented Tuesday with the formal announcement that LG Electronics is taking over a 310-acre site near Clarksville in Montgomery County and plans to open a $250 million manufacturing facility. Watch Video: Haslam announces LG plant coming to Clarksville
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