Nissan Supplier Plans $26 Million Manufacturing Plant in Tennessee

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--SMW Automotive (Troy, Michigan), a tier-one supplier of automotive parts to Nissan Motor Company (PINKSHEETS:NSANY), is planning to create a $26 million manufacturing plant at a brownfield site in Shelbyville, Tennessee.

The company will renovate a 131,000-square-foot building, located approximately 40 miles south of Nissan's vehicle assembly plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. The plant is scheduled to open in 2011. Approximately 170 new jobs will be created.

SMW Automotive, founded in 1995, designs and manufactures automotive chassis, suspension parts and subassemblies. Other products designed and produced by the company include steering knuckles, wheel carriers, spindles and stems, control arms, links, brake calipers, rotors, brake cables, brackets, exhaust manifolds and engine bridges. The company has locations in New York, France, Brazil, Michigan, China and Canada.

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