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Chinese Pillow Maker Moving Into Vacant Whirlpool Plant In La Vergne

Sinomax will make foam pillows and mattresses at its new plant in La Vergne. Credit: Chas SiskWPLN
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A Chinese pillow and mattress maker is moving into the former Whirlpool plant in La Vergne.

Hong Kong-based Sinomax announced Tuesday that it’ll spend $28 million to convert the manufacturing facility on Hennessy Drive. The company plans to employ 350 people, starting in June.

The plant is the company’s first in the United States. The factory will slash the cost to ship its bulky products, says Sinomax USA president Frank Chen.

“It makes a lot of sense for us to actually have a presence here in the States, so we can be a lot closer to our customers, to cut the lead time,” he said.

Sinomax will receive state incentives for infrastructure and job training. The Haslam administration declined to say how much because they’re still being finalized.

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Chas Sisk, Senior Editor

Chas joined WPLN in 2015 and became an editor in 2018. Previously, he covered state politics for Nashville Public Radio and The Tennessean, and he’s also reported on communities, politics and business for a variety of publications in Massachusetts, New York and Washington, D.C. Chas grew up in South Carolina and attended Columbia University, where he studied economics and journalism.

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