Automated Machinery/Metal Fabrication
Exceptional Advantages. Unmatched Location.
Advanced manufacturing is supported by a skilled workforce pipeline and access to advanced materials research at the University of Tennessee and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. East Tennessee offers a business-friendly climate as a right-to-work state offering competitive wages and workers compensation rates. These advantages combined with competitive, reliable power and excellent training resources, make our region an exceptional location for the advanced manufacturing industry.
Advanced training is available at:
The University of Tennessee Knoxville
- Center for Intelligent Systems and Machine Learning
- Nationally ranked College of Engineering
- Research and development in robotics and automation
- Interdisciplinary Additive Manufacturing Research
Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology
- Diesel Powered Equipment Technology program
- Industrial Maintenance/Mechatronic Technology program
Pellissippi State Technical Community College
- Computer-Aided Manufacturing program
By The Numbers
13,000+
Workers
in fabrication
20,000+
Workers
in machinery sector
400+
Businesses
Machinery / Metal Manufacturing
Metalworking Companies
|
Company |
Location |
Employees |
Service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arconic | Blount | 1000 – 4999 | Aluminum ingot & coiled steel |
| B/S/H Home Appliance Corp. | Campbell | 250 – 499 | Ranges, stove tops, & barbecue grills |
| Parker TruTec MMI | Sevier | 250 – 499 | Heat treating |
| Eastern Plating, Inc. | Cocke | 100 – 249 | Chrome & zinc plating |
| Lisega, Inc. | Sevier | 100 – 249 | Metal piping components |
| Sonoco Metal Packaging (Ball) | Jefferson | 100 – 249 | Metal food containers |
| NGK Metals | Monroe | 100 – 249 | Insulators & copper beryllium alloys |
| Highland Steel Erectors | Scott | 50 – 99 | Steel erectors |
| Axis Fabrication & Machine Co. | Blount | 50 – 99 | Metal fabrication |
| Dienamic Tooling Systems, Inc. | Loudon | 50 – 99 | Sheet metal stamping dies |
| Alloy Fabrication | Anderson | 20 – 49 | Metal fabrication |
| MHF Energy Solutions | Anderson | 20 – 49 | Metal fabrication |
| Metal-Tech of Tennessee | Cocke | 20 – 49 | Metal treatment |
| Mountain Mold & Die | Sevier | 10 – 19 | Tool and die |
| MPP Rockwood | Roane | 10 – 19 | Power metallurgy parts |
Source: Book of Lists; Local County websites, Database USA 2025