SL Tennessee presented a check for $50,000 for the new Anderson County Chamber of Commerce headquarters recently while hosting a Chamber Coffee at its Clinton auto parts facility.
“We’ve been longtime members of the Chamber of Commerce, and we had the opportunity to give back with this contribution to the Chamber’s new building,” said Steven Brooks, SL Tennessee Sustainability Manager. The Anderson County Chamber Foundation has led the fund drive for the nearly completed building. Foundation Chair Joey Smith and Chamber President and CEO Rick Meredith accepted the check.
“We’re big believers in what the Chamber does in the county, and they’ve been big supporters of SL Tennessee, highlighting our business, allowing us to host events and to bring people into the plant,” Brooks said. The plant welcomes groups of adults and students for tours, giving them a view of a modern factory that’s bright, clean, climate controlled, and using robotics and other highly automated manufacturing techniques.
The dedication of the new headquarters, the first that the Chamber has owned in its 93 years in Anderson County, will take place Oct. 17 at 500 N. Charles Seivers Blvd, Clinton.
“We are so grateful for our partners in industry like SL Tennessee, which contributes to our community in so many ways,” said Smith, the Foundation Chair. “From the Magnet Mills days in the early 1900s, industry in Clinton and Anderson County has been a foundation for our residents, our businesses, and our local economy.”
SL Tennessee, a Korean-owned business, opened its Clinton factory 2011. It now occupies 3 buildings and 750,000 square feet and employs about 1,000 people, making it the largest non-government employer in the county. Front and rear light assemblies, mirrors, and manual shifters are among auto parts products manufactured there. Among newer products made there are charge port doors for electric cars.
The one-story Chamber headquarters will include a diversified room with up-to-date technology for training and videoconferencing, a welcoming lobby, a catering kitchen for events, and offices for Chamber staff and the Anderson County Economic Development Association.
For more information about the Anderson County Chamber of Commerce, see www.andersoncountychamber.org.
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Ben Fredericks, left, SL Tennessee Electrification Division Plant Manager, and David Deorto, second from right, SL Tennessee General Plant Manager for Lighting, present a check from SL Tennessee to Joey Smith, second from left left, Chair of the Anderson County Chamber Foundation, and Rick Meredith, right, Anderson County Chamber of Commerce President and CEO.
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