Tennessee fifth in ECD ranking
Posted on March 4, 2010 at 8:23 am
Tennessee trails only Ohio, Texas, Michigan and Pennsylvania in the latest Site Selection ranking of state’s economic development performance. State officials are chuffed.
“This recognition is especially rewarding because it comes during one of the most challenging economic development environments in decades,” said Matt Kisber, commissioner, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. “Tennessee’s ability to help companies with projects by reducing red tape, finding answers quickly and developing partnerships with local communities has been a key differentiator for our state.”
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Michigan company buys local trucker
Posted on January 15, 2010 at 8:40 amNashville-based Cavalry Transportation has been acquired by Universal Truckload Services out of Michigan for an undisclosed amount. Universal (Ticker: UACL) said the purchase was one of three it wrapped up last month and that the new holdings will contribute $35 million to its top line this year with profits beginning to flow in during the summer. Cavalry — whose name is inspired in part by Teddy Roosevelt — also runs offices in Chicago and Memphis.
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‘We’ve got some plants that I’d like to allocate product to’
Posted on January 11, 2010 at 9:30 pm
After closing 14 plants last year, GM is now wrestling with capacity shortages for its crossover vehicles. At the North American International Auto Show, the auto maker’s new North American president said he is a fan of Spring Hill’s versatility, but stopped short of talking about restarting production in Maury County. Ironically, Mark Reuss made his comments on the day the first group of Spring Hill transplants started their new jobs in Lansing, Mich.
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Spring Hill GMers get in line for Michigan move
Posted on November 30, 2009 at 11:59 am
More than 700 General Motors workers in Spring Hill have thrown their names in the hat for the positions being added soon at the auto maker’s Delta Township, Mich., plant. But happenings nearby are making the job of placing people tricky.
Spring Hill transfers will be offered jobs based on seniority, said GM spokeswoman Kim Carpenter. But the Tennessee plant isn’t the only site sending displaced workers to Delta Township.
About 70 entry-level employees were laid off in Delta Township a month ago and another 69 low-seniority workers will be idled this week because of labor contract provisions that allow workers from other plants with greater seniority to transfer to sites with job openings, said GM spokeswoman Heidi Magyar.
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No, Michigan really doesn’t stink that bad
Posted on November 23, 2009 at 9:14 amDetroit Free Press columnist Ron Dzwonkowski turns into an unabashed business booster as he tells GM’s Spring Hill workers about the wonders of the Wolverine State.
So come on up. Economic necessity has made us a land of opportunity. You could be getting in on the ground floor — make that the basement — of a radical reinvention. It may not seem like it right now, but trust us, in five years, you’ll be blown away.
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NHI buys five facilities
Posted on November 20, 2009 at 8:08 amNational Health Investors has acquired four assisted-living centers in Michigan and another in Illinois for about $28 million. The seller, Kansas-based Bickford Senior Living, is leasing back the buildings for 15 years. NHI (Ticker: NHI) has shelled out nearly $90 million on acquisitions so far this year.
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So much for the overhaul
Posted on June 26, 2009 at 1:16 amOne thing Spring Hill thought it had going for it was that GM had poured hundreds of millions into the plant in recent years to update its lines.
“It just kinda doesn’t seem to make sense… Why not take advantage of it?”
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A word from the winner
Posted on at 12:47 amThe relief about GM’s decision Thursday is palpable in Michigan, with public officials and residents taking turns sighing and praising the incentive package that helped sway the auto maker.
Michigan’s congressional delegation also lobbied heavily to bring the small car to the state. All 17 members sent a letter to GM last week saying that the state’s economic woes made the project important for Michigan. Peters had begun a “Make it in Michigan!” campaign that collected over 28,000 signatures.
SEE ALSO: The dejection and frustration in Wisconsin, where one union rep says, “In my mind, it didn’t matter what we brought to the table. Janesville did all it could do, and the people on the task force really busted their butts trying to get something here, but GM is trying to move everything to Michigan.”
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Looking beyond Spring Hill’s shock
Posted on June 25, 2009 at 8:34 pmOne longtime GM Spring Hill employee keeps his chin up after reports today that the auto maker has chosen a Michigan plant to build its next-generation small car.
“I am a person who believes you have got a great work force. You have a great plant. General Motors is separating the bad GM from the good and reinventing themselves and looking for a new path to take. I would think they understand they have a valuable asset there.”
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Report: Spring Hill loses out
Posted on at 4:00 pmA source is telling the AP that Orion Township has been chosen to make General Motors’ next-generation small car.
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GM decision day nears
Posted on June 24, 2009 at 1:57 pm
A Michigan congressman says the auto maker may decide as early as this week where to build its next-gen small car. A GM spokeswoman says June 30 is the deadline for the choice between Spring Hill, Orion Township or Janesville.
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Putting GM’s new plant in Spring Hill to shut up Bob Corker
Posted on June 16, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Tennessee’s junior senator has been a thorn in the side of the Obama administraton during the auto crisis. Nolan Finley of The Detroit News says that may actually end up working in Spring Hill’s favor.
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Orion Township has $44M for GM
Posted on at 3:39 pmThe Michigan town competing with Spring Hill and a Wisconsin plant has lined up a number of incentives to sway General Motors, which will soon decide where to build its next-gen small car. Gov. Bredesen last week said he’s not interested in paying hundreds of millions to help GM make its choice.
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GM small-car decision coming ‘in a few weeks’
Posted on June 10, 2009 at 3:19 pmOfficials at the auto maker say they have begun formal talks with representatives from Tennessee, Michigan and Wisconsin as well as federal officials about where they will build their planned next-generation small car.
Emerging from a meeting with Tennessee officials — the first of three meetings with state and federal delegations on Wednesday — Clarke said he wanted to lay out what GM was looking for in a new site.
“I think a lot of (the discussion) was just getting an understanding,” he said. “We wanted to make ourselves available to answer questions at whatever level of detail the state delegations wanted.”
Analyst: Spring Hill in ‘pretty favorable position’
Posted on June 8, 2009 at 8:03 amGeneral Motors’ Maury County plant – called a ’secret weapon’ by Lamar Alexander – stands a good chance of being picked to build the company’s next-generation small car, says David Cole of the Center of Automotive Research.
“It is a relatively new plant and it also is a plant that has had a history of good performance,” he said. Cole said he is “hard pressed to think of a reason why they wouldn’t” be picked.
For the flip side, read this piece from The Oakland Press on GM’s Orion Township plant.
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