Shiloh Industries opens plant in Tennessee
Posted on 04 Jan 2015. Edited by: John Hunter. Read 4133 times.
Ohio-based Shiloh Industries has opened an automotive parts facility in Clarksville, Tennessee.
The company has spent $20 million re-tooling a plant formerly owned by Contech Castings and has begun hiring 150 people to produce an assortment of lightweight chassis, body-in-white and power-train parts.
CEO Ramzi Hermiz (pictured) said that Shiloh has “a growing volume of business with both Nissan and Volkswagen,” both of which have automotive factories in Tennessee. The company also supplies BMW, Magna and ZF in the state.
Mr Hermiz said that his company is “expanding its capacity for aluminium casting in the USA, Mexico and Europe in response to an industry push to convert stamped steel components into lighter-weight aluminium in their bid for improved fuel economy. The transition to structural aluminium die-cast components around the industry is significant. It’s happening in all makes and models.”
Mr Hermiz also said that Shiloh is considering additional investment at Clarksville to install production tooling for parts made out of light-weight magnesium.