Nippon Steel and Sumikin Materials USA, Inc. officials have announced the company is opening a new manufacturing facility in Fayetteville, Tennessee.
The company, which manufactures metal substrate for the automotive industry, will invest $5.7 million in a new 62,000-square-foot manufacturing facility.
“Thanks to the great support of Fayetteville-Lincoln County and the state of Tennessee, we are able to start operation of our first US plant,” President of Nippon Steel and Sumikin Materials USA Taro Kono said in a statement. “We are excited to work in Fayetteville and contribute to air purification of automobile, motorcycle and many industrial equipment through providing our unique metal substrate.”
The plant will reportedly be ready for production by mid-summer.