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Dura-Line investing more than $25 million, adding 70 jobs at new manufacturing facility, R&D center

Posted at 10:43 am October 27, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 16 Comments

Dura-Line, a communication and energy infrastructure manufacturer, is opening a new manufacturing facility and research and development center in Clinton, investing more than $25 million and creating 70 new jobs, state officials said Tuesday. The jobs will include engineering, research and development, and manufacturing jobs.

The announcement was made Tuesday by Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd and Dura-Line officials.

The 86,800-square-foot Clinton facility will function as a research and development, or R&D, center for new techniques for making high-density polyethylene, or HDPE, conduit products used by the telecommunications industry to house fiber optic cable. Dura-Line will conduct research and development that will help the company grow its business worldwide and will also manufacture select high-technology products at the Clinton location. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Business, Clinton, Front Page News, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: Clinton, communication, conduit, Dura-Line, energy infrastructure, fiber optic cable, HDPE, high-density polyethylene, manufacturing facility, Paresh Chari, Randy Boyd, research and development center, telecommunications, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development

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