A new metal fabrication operation has its eye on Smithville, moving to a long empty industrial building at the Smithville Industrial Park. Though the business has yet to open, it is already taking applications.

It was announced last week that Anchor Fabrication will soon be moving into a building across from Tenneco Automotive, in the Industrial Park on Highway 70 east. The business will operate as a metal fabrication operation for the heavy truck industry.

According to Human Resources Manager Gary Parsons applications are already being accepted from anyone looking for a job. Parsons said the company hopes to have up to 200 employees at the site.

Anchor also has a location in Lavergne, TN, as well as Texas and Mississippi.

“We have been in the Nashville area since the early 1970s,” said Parsons. “We started out in the food service and heavy truck industry as a metal fabrication company. We moved to Lavergne in the early 1980s and that is where our present location in Tennessee is now. In 2019 the company (Quality Industries) was bought by Anchor Partners and we have a plant in Fort Worth Texas and Mississippi as well as a plant in Denton Texas along with the one in Lavergne.”

“We are glad to be moving into the Smithville area. Its new business for our company and it is an extension of our Laverge plant to start a new facility here,” Parsons continued. “It is very much a startup right now. The building is being prepared now with equipment being moved in and we are excited to get moving forward.”

“We are working on hiring now,” Parsons continued. “We offer a full benefits package including medical, dental, vision and 401 K. We’re having to build up production in stages. Right now, we need welders, MIG and TIG with aluminum and steel. We will later need powder painters, assembly operators, material handling, shipping, quality control, and all the standard needs you find in a manufacturing facility. We will be building this team as we go forward,” said Parsons.

To apply, visit www.anchorfabsmithville.com.