Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter, and CG Model Tek LLC officials announced Tuesday that the company will expand its manufacturing operations to Coffee County.
CG Model Tek will invest $4.5 million and create 32 jobs through the project, which includes purchasing the assets of longtime Tullahoma, Tennessee, company, Micro Craft. CG Model Tek will operate similarly to Micro Craft, serving the aerospace and defense industry.
Since 2020, TNECD has supported 77 economic development projects in Southern Middle Tennessee, resulting in nearly 10,000 job commitments and more than $6 billion in capital investments.
“We are fortunate that CG Model Tek chose to locate in Tullahoma and keep the facility operating. Their unique facilities support critical national defense operations, and the CG Model Tek team is the only one that could have saved the facility from being auctioned. It was important for the city and the state to keep machines at CG Model Tek running to maintain our aerospace legacy and keep those technical jobs. We were pleased to use our city’s small business loan to help this entrepreneurial company, and we worked with our TNECD partners to introduce them to the other economic development stakeholders in our region.” – Tullahoma Mayor Lynn Sebourn