Brentwood lab gets nod for H1N1 test
Posted on October 14, 2009 at 7:51 amDiatherix Laboratories has been authorized by the Food and Drug Administration to market its H1N1-09 Influenza Test. Diatherix CEO Dennis Grimaud said the testing panel also can identify any co-infections like pneumonia, which have contributed to many H1N1 deaths.
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Jamison Bedding eyes China growth
Posted on September 28, 2009 at 8:18 am
Venerable local mattress manufacturer Jamison Bedding has found a distribution partner to help it crack the Chinese travel market as well as its potentially massive emerging middle and upper classes.
Mattress exports are not common, as shipping costs add up and sleep sets are bulky items to ship. But targeted programs, like the one Jamison is launching, can achieve success, bedding observers say.
SEE ALSO: Plenty of big local names on China ECD trip
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America’s most promising company is in Brentwood
Posted on September 17, 2009 at 8:27 am
A Brentwood-based trio of veteran engineers and business development execs top Forbes‘ list of America’s Most Promising Companies. Pictured above are Robert Tryon, left, Loren Nasser and Animesh Dey, who founded Vextec nine years ago and have in recent years begun building a strong base of commercial customers for their modeling software business.
Their aim: to hasten the design of everything from engine parts to medical devices–all while slashing research-and-development expenses and even opening doors for new competitors.
New boss over local AIG unit
Posted on August 20, 2009 at 2:42 pm
The reorganizing American International Group has created a new leadership post for its U.S. life and retirement divisions — which includes Brentwood-based American General Life & Accident — and named 10-year company veteran Jay Wintrob to fill it.
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Making room for entrepreneurs
Posted on August 4, 2009 at 1:56 pmOffice Suites Plus, which operates local buildings in Brentwood and Cool Springs, is giving free space to professionals recently laid off and looking for work.
“It is a tough time to be in business and even tougher to be without a job. This is one small way we can use our resources to help some get back on their feet.”
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Brentwood gets into the dreams business
Posted on July 28, 2009 at 3:44 pm
City commissioners have voted to give themselves the authority to take over unfinished homes. You know, the eyesore kind.
“It’s certainly conceivable, especially with the economy the way that it is, there could be other abandoned construction projects.”
Private preschool growing here
Posted on June 8, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Primrose Schools, which already runs local sites in Cool Springs and Hendersonville, is adding locations in Brentwood and Murfreesboro as part of an aggressive national expansion plan.
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Humana moves state HQ here
Posted on May 22, 2009 at 12:41 amBrentwood is the new home for the health insurer’s Tennessee division, which has moved from Memphis to larger offices in Maryland Farms’ Creekside Crossing complex.
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Sentence reducers relocate here
Posted on May 7, 2009 at 3:44 pmA company that works with offenders and their attorneys to reduce sentences and arrange plea agreements has moved its HQ to Brentwood. The company has four other offices around the country.
With its expanding national business, company officials opted to re-locate to a more centrally located city and Nashville, with its modern and convenient airport, was an ideal fit.
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Comdata promotes Daly to EVP
Posted on April 27, 2009 at 10:33 pmPreviously the senior VP in charge of merchant solutions, Joe Daly will now also head up the payment processor’s health care and prepaid groups. He’s been with the Brentwood-based company since 2004.
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J&A moves into new home
Posted on at 8:35 am
Marketing agency J&A integrated thinking recently opened its new 19,200-square-foot HQ on Continental Place in Maryland Farms. The firm marked the occasion by making a gift to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Pictured here are President Steve Barry, left, along with Make-A-Wish Foundation Board Members John Von Arb, Board President John Dwyer, Ginny Panoff and J&A employee Dawn Aser.
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Maryland Farms bank branch changes hands
Posted on April 23, 2009 at 7:27 amMemphis’ Magna Bank is retreating, local player Reliant – which raised fresh capital early this year – is adding to its Franklin-Brentwood-Nolensville footprint.
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Sock maker moves to new Brentwood HQ
Posted on April 22, 2009 at 8:05 am
Swiftwick, which makes compression socks for athletes, has jumped I-65 and moved into Maryland Farms space. The company had been housed at the offices of Guy Brown Products.
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Riding herd on sales
Posted on February 4, 2009 at 8:36 amDanny York’s small-town focus with Brentwood-headquartered Santa Fe Cattle Co. is producing some big growth numbers.
Update: Not all is swell. The company is closing down its Bowling Green eatery.
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Brentwood’s Bell brings low bid on 840 project
Posted on January 2, 2009 at 11:59 amFrom Mitchell Kline:
Bell & Associates Construction of Brentwood has been awarded an $87.3 million contract to build the next section of State Route 840 in Williamson County.
Bell was one of seven contractors bidding on a seven-mile section of the road between Leiper’s Creek Road and Columbia Pike. The company could begin staging for construction in the coming weeks but can’t begin moving earth until April.
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