Major Manufacturers in the Knoxville Area*
(Based on Employment Size of 100+)
2006
*Knoxville Area includes: Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Sevier and Union Counties.
Total
Company/Address
Emps
Phone/Website
BWXT-Y12, LLC
4,381
865-574-1000
George E. Dials;
National defense weapons
President & GM
PO Box 2009
www.y12.doe.gov/
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
UT-Battelle, LLC
Top Officers Products
4,062
865-220-5101
Dr. Jeff
Oak Ridge National Laboratory; energy and
Wadsworth;
defense research and technology transfer
PO Box 2008
Lab Director
www.ut-battelle.org/
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
Denso Mfg. Tennessee
2,900
865-982-7000
Mack Hattori;
President
1720 Robert C. Jackson
Automotive starters & alternators
(There is another plant in McMinn Co. with
1,100 employees)
www.densocorp-na-dmtn.com/
Maryville, TN 37801
CMH Manufacturing
2,216
865-380-3000
Kevin T. Clayton;
CEO
(Clayton Homes)
Finance)
www.clayton.net/
Maryville, TN 37802
1,680
865-977-2011
Mel Lager;
VP & GM
Box 9128
Alcoa, TN 37701
retail lots; & mortgage loan companies (21st
Mortgage and Vanderbilt Mortgage &
P.O. Box 9790
Alcoa, Inc.
Prefabricated homes; home communities;
www.alcoa.com/
Primary aluminum
Sea Ray Boats, Inc.
1,476
865-522-4181
Fiberglass pleasure boats
President & CEO
2600 Sea Ray Blvd.
www.searay.com/
Knoxville, TN 37914
Sanford Brands
Rick Stone;
900
865-977-5477
Mike McKay;
Plastic office accessories
Operations
(Eldon/Rubbermaid)
Manager
1427 William Blount Dr.
www.eldonoffice.com
Maryville, TN 37801
Siemens Medical
825
865-966-7539
Solutions
Wilfried Loeffler;
Senior VP
Positron Emission Tomography, nuclear
scanners, cyclotrons, and detectors
810 Innovation Dr.
www.ctimi.com/
Knoxville, TN 37932
ARC Automotive, Inc.
750
865-583-7600
Automotive air bag actuators
President & GM
1729 Midpark Rd.
www.arcautomotive.com
Knoxville, TN 37921
Blalock & Sons, Inc.
John Skladan;
650
865-453-2808
Sid Blalock;
Ready-mix concrete
CEO
1225 Parkway
www.blalockconstructio
Sevierville, TN 37862
n.com
Knoxville News-Sentinel
625
865-523-3131
Bruce Hartmann;
President &
2332 News-Sentinel Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37921
Publisher
www.knoxnews.com/
Newspaper publishing
Carlisle Tire & Wheel
585
865-457-4930
Gordon “Woody”
Industrial pneumatic tires
Linkous;
520 JD Yarnell
Plant Manager
Industrial Pkwy
www.carlisletire.com/
Clinton, TN 37716
Monterey Mushrooms
527
865-458-4611
www.montereymushrooms.co
19748 Hwy 72 N
Greg Sweet;
Mushrooms
GM
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Loudon, TN 37774
Eagle Bend
511
865-457-3800
Manufacturing
Dan Scherle;
Automotive metal stampings
GM
1000 JD Yarnell
Industrial Pkwy
Clinton, TN 37716
Melaleuca, Inc.
www.magnaint.com/
460
865-523-6600
Plant Manager
5301 N. National Dr.
436
865-584-9141
supplements, and personal care products
Mike James &
Automotive safety restraints, seat belts,
Phil Hulbert;
webbing and air bag components (includes
1601 Midpark Rd.
Plant Managers
plants in Knox & Blount Counties)
www.keysafetyinc.com/
Knoxville, TN 37921
Panasonic Electronic
Detergents, dental care products, nutritional
www.melaleuca.com/
Knoxville, TN 37914
Key Safety Systems, Inc.
Teri Williams;
421
865-673-0700
Yasutaka
Electronic components and automotive
Devices Corp. of
Kanamori;
America
President
5105 S. National Dr.
www.pedca.us.panasonic
.com/
Knoxville, TN 37914
Ceramaspeed, Inc.
400
865-681-7070
400
865-458-4681
Andrew Hecker;
Automotive mufflers and exhaust systems
VP & GM
2400 Maremont Pkwy
www.arvinmeritor.com/
Loudon, TN 37774
400
865-670-1313
Pres Lawhon;
Automotive brake calipers
GM
10215 Caneel Dr.
www.pbr.com.au/
Knoxville, TN 37931
Shoffner Mechanical
Ceramic stovetop heating elements
www.ceramaspeed.com
Maryville, TN 37804
PBR Knoxville, LLC
John Golec;
President
1227 McArthur Rd.
Maremont Co.
speakers
370
865-523-1129
www.shoffnermechanica
3600 Papermill Dr.
l.com/
Doug Shoffner;
Metal guards and sheet metal fabrication
President &
Owner
Knoxville, TN 37919
APAC – Tennessee
366
865-983-3100
Hazen Hinds;
Asphalt paving compounds
Division
226 Gill St.
President
www.apac.com/
Alcoa, TN 37701
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
361
865-541-7000
Bill Rowe;
GM
Paper towels and bath tissue
5600 Kimberly Way
www.kimberly-clark.com
Loudon, TN 37774
Knoxville Coca-Cola
360
865-546-6020
Bottling Co.
Baxter Caldwell;
Bottling and soft drink distribution
Sales Center
Manager
P.O. Box 50338
www.cokecce.com/
Knoxville, TN 37950
Exedy America Corp.
358
865-932-3700
www.exedy.co.jp/
Mascot, TN 37806
350
865-938-1511
James R. Martin;
Chairman & CEO
P.O. Box 59043
Outdoor plastic commercial signs corporate
headquarters office
www.imagepoint.com/
Knoxville, TN 37950
Interstate Bakeries Corp.
Automotive torque converters
President
2121 Holston Bend Dr.
ImagePoint, Inc.
Koji Akita;
350
865-524-3631
Bill Marsh;
Bread bakeries including Merita brand
Plant Manager
3100 Northwest Park Dr.
www.interstatebakeriescorp.co
Knoxville, TN 37921
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Yale Commercial Locks
347
865-986-7511
www.yalelocks.com/
Lenoir City, 37771
P.O. Box 1189
Door locks and knobs
GM
100 Yale Ave.
John H. Daniel Co.
Dick Krajewski;
340
865-637-6441
Richard Bryan;
President
Men’s suits (includes ColeRich Custom
Clothes)
www.johnhdaniel.com
Knoxville, TN 37901
Skier’s Choice
330
865-983-9924
www.skierschoice.com
Maryville, TN 37801
327
865-983-2992
319
865-453-0199
308
865-577-2511
Mike Clarke;
Crushed stone and aggregates
President
3001 Alcoa Hwy
www.vulcanmaterials.com
Knoxville, TN 37920
300
865-408-2100
Tom Campbell;
Trenching and construction machinery
President
9600 Corporate Park Dr
www.astecunderground.com
Loudon, TN 37774
290
865-938-7828
Pete DeBusk;
Medical devices and healthcare products
Chairman/CEO &
200 DeBusk Lane
www.deroyal.com/
Powell, TN 37849
Pepsi Bottling Group
Automotive engine valves
www.trwauto.com/
Sevierville, TN 37876
DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
Keith Linbilly;
Plant Manager
128 River Bend Dr.
Astec Underground, Inc.
Aircraft turbine engine repair
www.standardaero.com
Maryville, TN 37801
Vulcan Materials Co.
Greg Young;
VP & GM
1029 Ross Dr.
TRW Fuji Valve, Inc.
Ski boats
President
1717 Henry G. Lane St.
Standard Aero (Alliance)
Rick Tinker;
270
865-637-9294
Founder
Quenten
Wentworth;
Soft drink bottling and distribution
VP & GM
2708 Federal Rd.
www.pbg.com
Knoxville, TN 37914
Gerdau AmeriSteel
260
865-546-5472
Corp.
www.gerdauameristeel.c
om
Knoxville, TN 37901
256
865-481-7119
Electronic airplane components
www.boeing.com/
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
255
865-688-7655
Greg Hibbard;
Optical lenses
GM
4435 Anderson Rd.
www.colenational.com
Knoxville, TN 37918
American Sugar
Phil Andrews;
GM
767 Boeing Rd.
Luxottica (ColeVision)
Steel concrete reinforcing bars
VP & GM
P.O. Box 1882
Boeing-Oak Ridge Co.
Arlan G. Piepho;
250
865-458-5681
Refining (AE Staley)
Mike Slimbarski;
Plant Manager
Corn syrup and ethanol; carbohydrate
processing
198 Blair Bend Dr.
www.tateandlyle.co.uk
Loudon, TN 37774
AMETEK – Advanced
250
865-482-4411
Measurement Tech
Kevin Kott;
Engineer
Modular research instrumentation; gamma &
alpha semiconductor detectors; nuclear
research instruments
100 Midland Rd.
www.ametek.com
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Omega Cabinetry
250
865-457-9403
Freddy Burgess;
Wooden kitchen and bathroom cabinets,
1709 Lake City Hwy
doors and frames
Ken Tsujimura;
Automotive aluminum engine components
www.omegacabinets.com
Clinton, TN 37716
Aisin Automotive
Plant Manager
245
865-481-2600
Casting Tennessee, Inc.
President
221 Frank L. Diggs Dr.
www.aisinauto.com
Clinton, TN 37716
Rohm & Haas
245
865-521-8200
www.rohmhaas.com
Knoxville, TN 37916
240
865-457-6700
John Manuck;
Plastic additives and compounds
President
1 Quality Circle
www.techmerpm.com
Clinton, TN 37716
Knoxville Cast Stone
Polymers and emulsions
Plant Manager
730 Dale Ave.
Techmer PM, LLC
Paul Fortunato;
230
865-524-3351
Warren Strunk;
Concrete blocks and retaining walls
Plant Manager
(Sequatchie Concrete)
www.seqconcrete.com/
2100 Sutherland Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37919
Viskase Corp.
106 Blair Bend Dr.
228
865-458-2071
Patrick Glarrow;
Plant Manager
Synthetic meat casings
www.viskase.com
Loudon, TN 37774
Brunswick Boat Group
223
865-582-2200
President & CEO
800 S. Gay St.
215
865-986-5533
John Downing;
Industrial polymer concrete products
www.strongwell.com
Lenoir City, TN 37771
203
865-458-5478
John Sisson;
Ski boats
Plant Manager
5075 Kimberly Way
www.malibuboats.com
Loudon, TN 37774
East Tennessee Zinc Co.
headquarters)
GM
3621 Industrial Park Dr.
Malibu Boats West
Pleasure boats manufacturing (corporate
www.brunswick.com/boats
Knoxville, TN 37929
Hubbell Lenior City
Peter Hamilton;
200
Zinc mining
865-933-4123
PO Box 160
No website
Strawberry Plns 37871
Reily Foods/JFG Coffee
200
865-546-2120
www.luzianne.com
Knoxville, TN 37919
200
865-220-7700
Bruce Richards;
GM
250 JD Yarnell
Industrial Pkwy
Clinton, TN 37716
Coffee bean roasting and packing
Plant Manager
3434 Mynatt Ave.
Rexnord (Link-Belt)
Rick Brantley;
www.rexnord.com
Cylindrical roller bearings for heavy duty
equipment
Rockford Manufacturing
200
865-970-3131
No website
Rockford, TN 37853
194
865-342-3600
187
865-457-1425
185
865-675-2400
Truck exhaust tubing and pipes
David Dunbar;
Vibration analyzing machinery
President
835 Innovation Dr.
www.emersonprocess.com
Knoxville, TN 37932
185
865-777-5404
Randy Boyd;
Pet containment products
President & CEO
10427 Electric Ave.
www.petsafe.net
Knoxville, TN 37932
181
865-524-1281
Mark Russell;
GM
1906 Third Creek Rd.
Knoxville, TN 37921
Pat Ring;
No website
Clinton, TN 37716
Rock-Tenn Co.
electric power, and air/ heat
Plant Manager
130 Eagle Way
Radio Systems Corp.
In-cab services for trucks including: internet,
www.idleaire.com
Knoxville, TN 37923
Emerson Process Mgmt.
Michael Crabtree;
President
410 N. Cedar Bluff #200
Southern Tube Forming
Cotton, synthetic yarn and cordage
President
3901 Little River Rd.
IdleAire Technologies
Ernest Koella III;
www.rocktenn.com
Folding paper boxes; recycling services
Bush Brothers & Co.
179
865-588-8685
Chairman & CEO
1016 E. Weisgarber Rd.
headquarters. (There are approx. 200 emps at
www.bushbeans.com
175
865-577-2923
Gerry Sanders;
Military uniforms and outerwear clothes
GM
2323 W. Blount Ave.
No website
Knoxville, TN 37920
Vinylex Corp.
Canned vegetables and pet food; corporate
Jefferson Co. plant)
Knoxville, TN 37909
Valley Apparel, LLC
Jim Ethier;
175
865-690-2211
Sam Reynolds;
Extruded plastic products
President
2636 Byington-Solway
Rd.
www.vinylex.com
Knoxville, TN 37931
American Safety Razor
165
865-546-4208
Razors
Plant Manager
2820 Media Dr.
www.asrco.com
Knoxville, TN 37914
Intex Enterprises, LLC
Kermit Bantz;
160
865-457-2000
Martin
Automotive parts painting services
Shoemaker;
193 Frank L. Diggs Dr.
Plant Manager
http://intexenterprises.net
Clinton, TN 37716
Travis Meats, Inc.
160
865-938-9051
Meat processing and packing
President
7210 Clinton Hwy
www.travismeats.com
Powell, TN 37849
Processed Foods Corp.
William Travis;
155
865-525-0401
Graham Hunter;
President
Frozen foods
3600 Pleasant Ridge Rd.
www.customfoods.net
Knoxville, TN 37921
Sara Lee Bakery Group
152
865-579-7200
Hot dog and hamburger buns
President & CEO
2110 Chapman Hwy
www.saraleebread.com
Knoxville, TN 37920
Knoxville Door &
George Curtis;
150
865-522-0600
Millwork, Inc.
Tommy Boring;
French and patio doors
GM
3015 John Sevier Hwy
www.jeld-wen.com
Knoxville, TN 37914
Remotec, Inc.
150
865-483-0228
Mack Barber;
Hazardous duty robots
President
353 JD Yarnell
Industrial Pkwy
www.es.northropgrumman.
com/remotec
Clinton, TN 37716
Senior Operations, Inc.
150
865-483-7444
(Flexonics)
Plant Manager
115 Franklin Rd.
fabricator
flexonics.com
150
865-938-2063
Jesse Lee;
Athletic uniforms
President
6723 Pleasant Ridge Rd.
www.sportsbelle.com
Knoxville, TN 37921
Unitrac Railaroad
Pipe expansion joints; sheet metal and steel
www.senior-
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Sports Belle, Inc.
Marti Lincoln;
150
865-693-9063
Glenn Healey V;
Railroad equipment & supplies; steel mill
CEO
Materials
2715 Byington-Solway
www.unitracrail.com
Knoxville, TN 37931
Family Brands/Elm Hill
140
865-986-8005
Meat processing and packing
President
1001 Elm Hill Rd.
www.fbico.com
Lenoir City, TN 37771
Union Knitwear
John Ed Wampler
140
865-992-4207
Stanley Lester;
Knit t-shirts and tops; women’s blouses
President
155 Durham Dr.
Maynardville, TN 37807
Aqua-Chem, Inc.
130
865-544-2065
Dave
Water desalinization equipment
Gensterblum;
3001 John Sevier Hwy
President
www.aqua-chem.com
Knoxville, TN 37914
Timken RBS Corp.
130
865-932-5756
www.timken.com
Mascot, TN 37806
130
865-573-0122
Plastic automotive parts
www.usionline.net
Rockford, TN 37853
1740 Riverside Dr.
Travis Merry;
President
2460 Stock Creek Blvd.
General Shale Brick
Railroad freight car bearings
GM
2122 Holston Bend Dr.
Usi, Inc.
Bruce Bates;
125
865-522-0051
Ed Bridges;
Plant Manager
Bricks
www.generalshale.com
Knoxville, TN 37915
SL Tennessee, LLC
125
865-457-8511
Automotive parking brakes
President
312 Frank L. Diggs Dr.
http://sl-america.com
Clinton, TN 37716
Briggs Plumbing
Y.K. Woo;
124
865-523-1161
Products, Inc.
Chuck Dockery;
Plant Manager
Porcelain and enameled steel tubs, sinks and
lavatories
5040 S. National Dr.
www.briggsplumbing.com
Knoxville, TN 37914
Tennessee Asphalt Co.
121
865-579-2000
www.tnasphalt.com
Knoxville, TN 37920
120
865-541-5500
Bill Fleming;
Cement
Plant Manager
6212 Cement Plant Rd.
www.cemex.com
Knoxville, TN 37924
CoorsTek, Inc.
Asphalt paving compounds
President
520 Maryville Pike
Cemex
Bill Ratliff, Jr.;
120
865-481-8021
Troy Howe;
Operations
1100 Commerce Park Dr
Industrial ceramics and semiconductor
devices and parts
Manager
www.coorstek.com
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Fulton Bellows, LLC
120
865-546-0550
CEO
2801 Red Dog Lane
Knoxville, TN 37914
Roger Clark;
www.fultonbellows.com
Thermostat control components
Smurfit-Stone Container
120
865-689-1800
Corp.
Chuck Smith;
Corrugated containers
GM
4512 Anderson Rd.
www.smurfit-stone.com
Knoxville, TN 37918
Xtreme Marine Corp.
120
865-981-9898
Tony Williams;
Aluminum for boating industry
Manager
1752 Henry G. Lane St.
Maryville, TN 37801
CCP Industries
114
865-690-6400
Randy Royster;
Plant Manager
(Intex Supply)
Optical lens wipes and other industrial textile
wipes
www.tranzonic.com
2530 Westcott Blvd.
Knoxville, TN 37931
O-N Minerals Co.
111
865-992-3841
www.oglebaynorton.com
Luttrell, TN 37779
110
865-986-6513
Mikael Johansson
Automotive tooling
Plant Manager
4700 Industrial Park Dr.
www.secocarboloy.com
Lenoir City, TN 37771
DH Compounding Co.
Lime; cut and shaped limestone
GM
486 Clinch Valley Rd.
Seco-Carboloy, Inc.
Kent Justice;
101
865-457-1200
Dan Rader;
President
Plastic compounds
1260 Carden Farm Dr.
www.polyone.com
Clinton, TN 37716
Durakon Industries
100
865-457-8244
www.durakon.com
Clinton, TN 37716
100
865-573-1917
Robert Anders;
Compressed and liquefied industrial gases
President
222 Council Place
www.holstongases.com
Knoxville, TN 37920
Innovo, Inc.
Plastic truck bedliners
President
1330 Carden Farm Dr.
Holston Gases, Inc.
William Wade;
100
865-546-1110
Pat Anderson-
Harness aprons; garment storage bags and
Lasko;
canvas duffle bags
2633 Kingston Pike
President
#100
www.innovogroup.com
Knoxville, TN 37919
Millenium Materials, Inc
100
865-966-2170
www.millenmat.com
Knoxville, TN 37932
100
865-966-5866
Belt conveyors, bucket elevators, tumblers
and hoppers
www.smalleymfg.com
Knoxville, TN 37932
7751 Norris Fwy
Dale Roberto;
President
10640 Dutchtown Rd.
Tindell’s, Inc.
High-tech ceramics
VP
642 Barbrow Ln
Smalley Manufacturing
Sam Weaver;
100
865-922-7751
Shawn Tindell;
President
Truss manufacturing and building supplies
distributor
www.tindells.com
Knoxville, TN 37938
Wampler’s Farm
100
865-986-2056
Sausage Co., Inc.
President
781 Hwy 70 West
Lenoir City, TN 37771
Ted Wampler;
www.wamplersfarm.com
Sausage processing