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AESSEAL® recently received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for a specialized mixer seal of the type required in vaccine manufacture and other complex industrial operations. This is the 12th Queen’s Award received by AESSEAL and the 14th for the AES Engineering Ltd. Group.  The Short Canister Mixer Seal, which is the subject of the latest…

“Gather Around”—a new distillery is about to be uncorked. The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development and the Blount Partnership announced today the launch of Tennessee’s newest distillery Company Distilling, set to open in the fall of 2021 in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. When it comes to making spirits, Company Distilling’s know-how…

The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) today announced that it has updated its investment priorities. EDA’s investment priorities provide an overarching framework to ensure that our investment portfolio – ranging from planning to infrastructure construction – contributes to local efforts to build, improve, or better leverage economic assets that allow businesses to succeed and regional…

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is hosting a virtual design public meeting from April 15-29 to gather public input on the proposed Pellissippi Parkway (SR-162) project from SR-33 to SR-73 (US-321). The proposed project consists of developing a new controlled-access four-lane highway with a concrete median barrier wall and grade-separated interchanges. Show Your Support This…

Which lessons learned are here to stay? Eileen Sweeney, Industry Week One year into the pandemic, the manufacturing industry has undergone significant disruption and transformation. For a sector that works primarily on-site in physical spaces, the workflow and production changes were abrupt and highly impactful. Leaning on technology, adapting quickly to new demands and supply…

Posted by IndustrySelect on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 The COVID-19 Pandemic has radically changed the way America works, with 44% of U.S. employees working from home (compared to 17% before the Pandemic). Now one year into a remote work setting and U.S. workers are getting vaccinated and many companies are looking to fully reopen their…

Google’s U.S. economic impact totals $50 billion more than Tennessee’s entire gross domestic product, according to the tech company’s annual evaluation. Nationwide, $426 billion was generated by Google and its subsidiaries, its new 2020 Economic Development Report states. Google ad revenue, payments to YouTube creators and other publishers, and charitable donations totaled $4.6 billion in…

In an article published by Knoxnews, East Tennessee has some of the best employers according to a list made by Forbes. Several regional businesses and major employers in East Tennessee, including Clayton Homes and Dollywood, made Forbes’ lists of America’s Best Large Employers and America’s Best Mid-sized Employers. Clayton Homes ranked No. 323 on the list of large…

Great assessment in Bloomberg LP on manufacturing’s skills gap. The Manufacturing Institute study in 2018 showed that manufacturing will have 2.4 million unfilled jobs by 2028 due to the lack of skilled workers. The pandemic has blighted the career prospects of millions of Americans — but even after this crisis has passed, harnessing the country’s potential will…

Area Development published the results of its 35th annual corporate survey outlining the effects of the global pandemic as reflected in executives’ site and facility plans. As expected, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the corporate readers’ location plans and priorities as they increased their resiliency efforts. Nearly half (45 percent) of those responding to the…