DENSO Opens New Assembly Plant in Tennessee

MARYVILLE, TN—Auto parts manufacturer DENSO will host a grand opening of its new assembly plant here on Friday.

According to the Maryville Daily Times, the new facility is 335,900 square feet and will assemble advanced systems for automakers shifting to electric and autonomous vehicles. The company hopes to make the facility its primary manufacturing center in North America for electrification and safety systems.

The $1 billion investment is expected to create more than a thousand jobs. Production will begin in spring 2019.

KEYWORDS: automotive supplier industry Tennessee manufacturing

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Events

May 1, 2024

The ASSEMBLY Show South

ASSEMBLY is thrilled to return to the Music City Center in Nashville, TN for The ASSEMBLY Show SOUTH on May 1-2, 2024. This is a booming time for manufacturing and the U.S. South is right in the heart of the action. According to ASSEMBLY’s most recent annual capital spending survey, the South is projected to account for 31 percent of total spending this year, marking the fifth straight year this region has accounted for at least 30 percent of capital spending in the U.S.

May 14, 2024

How to Drive Product Innovation With Quality Function Deployment (QFD)

In this session, manufacturers will learn how Quality function deployment (QFD) can transform consumers’ qualitative demands into quantitative parameters that will shape the design of their product and, ultimately, their manufacturing process.

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