Frigidaire Memphis plant
| Frigidaire Memphis plant | |
|---|---|
| Built | 2012–2014 |
| Operated | 2014–2022 |
| Location |
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| Industry | Home appliances |
| Products |
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| Employees | 500 (2022) |
| Volume | 750,000 square feet (70,000 m2) |
| Owner | Electrolux |
Frigidaire Memphis plant was a Frigidaire appliance manufacturing plant in Memphis, Tennessee owned by Electrolux. Workers will manufacture the company's Electrolux ICON, Electrolux and Frigidaire product lines, including drop-in/slide-in ranges, wall ovens, specialty free-standing ranges and cooktops.[1]
History
A new cooktop manufacturing facility was built in the Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial park, southwest of Memphis. The facility is built to LEED certification standards.
The $190 million, 750,000-square-foot Memphis manufacturing plant began production of stoves and ranges in January 2014 under Frigidaire, Electrolux, and Electrolux ICON brands. Supported by roughly $150 million in state and local tax incentives, the facility was built to produce 600,000 ovens annually.[2]
The plant's research and development center includes the technology and machinery to simulate a stove's lifetime usage and performance expectations and can test more than 300 products at one time.[1]
In January 2019, it was announced that Electrolux will close its facility in Memphis, shifting production to a union facility in Springfield, Tennessee.[3][4][5] The 785,000-square-foot Memphis plant was eventually shuttered entirely on June 30, 2022, and was purchased by Phoenix Investors in December 2023.[6][7]
References
- 1 2 Hale, Eloise (November 26, 2012). "First Electrolux Employees Move into New Memphis Manufacturing Plant" (Press release). Electrolux. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
- ↑ "Electrolux Formally Opens Memphis Assembly Plant". Assembly Magazine. January 14, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
- ↑ "Electrolux closing Memphis facility amid consolidation efforts". Action News 5. February 1, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
- ↑ "Electrolux To Close Memphis Facility". localmemphis.com. January 31, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
- ↑ "Electrolux to shut Memphis plant, keeping Tennessee presence". WJHL. January 31, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
- ↑ "Electrolux Group to divest Memphis factory" (Press release). Electrolux. September 21, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
- ↑ "Memphis Electrolux facility sold to Phoenix Investors". The Commercial Apparel. December 26, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2026.