Swiss Food Services Company Expands In Smyrna, Adds 67 Jobs

SMYRNA, TN — Swiss food services equipment manufacturer Franke announced it is expanding its Smyrna operations, adding 67 jobs to its Rutherford County facility.

Franke Foodservice Systems, a subsidiary of Aarburg, Switzerland-based Franke Group, will invest $11.6 million in its expansion of its eight-year-old Aviation Parkway campus.

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“We’re excited to be expanding our capacity in our Smyrna location, where the outstanding workforce and strategic location have played a huge role in serving our customers and growing our business,” Foodservice Systems President and CEO Thomas Campion said in a release. “When we opened our Smyrna campus in 2009, we allowed for the additional space and access needed to expand, and today we take a big step in fulfilling that vision.”

With this expansion, Franke will consolidate both its commercial food equipment for container shipments, commercial shipments and its coffee machine retrieval, programming, testing and shipping operations for the North American market. In addition to the consolidation, a new building will be constructed for a showroom for residential kitchen items to include sinks, ovens, faucets, hoods and cooktops.

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