COMPANY HISTORY / MILESTONES
1972 - Incorporated by Larry Palmer and Joseph Zenni in
a 10,000 sq. ft. building in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Core
customer was Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News,
Virginia. Produced various jigs, fixtures and
sub-assemblies for aircraft carriers.
1984 - Built a new 20,000 sq. ft. facility on Emory
Valley Road in Oak Ridge. All machining operations
moved to this facility.
1986 - Greg Palmer joins company to expand into the
production machining market. The first CNC machine
tool is purchased to manufacture a computer simulation
control panel box for Hughes Aircraft.
1988 - Entered first major automotive contract with
Buick to machine the Buick 708 FEC. Volume at 5000
units weekly.
1992 - Main building expanded to 25,000 sq. ft.
1995 - Expanded into Aluminum Die Casting to offer
turnkey programs to existing customers. An 8,000
sq. ft. building is erected to house this operation.
1997 - Landed contract with Toyota Manufacturing,
Georgetown, KY, to machine Oil Pan housing adapter.
Volume 4,500 units weekly.
1998 - The Die Cast Division is spun off from Tennessee
Tool and incorporated in March under the name TTE
Casting Technologies, Inc. It offers complete
Aluminum Die Casting products and sub-assemblies.
1999 - TTE Casting Technologies, Inc., facility is
expanded to 20,000 sq. ft. New 700-Ton Prince Full
Sleeve machine purchased to meet the ever-expanding
automotive markets need for a better quality casting.
2000 - TTE Production Machining & Assembly and TTE
Machining & Automation Divisions are established to
better serve our core customer base and to have each
separate operating division focus on their prospective
areas of expertise. In June, TTE Casting
Technologies achieves QS/ISO-9000 quality registration.
2001 - Tennessee Tool & Engineering is now three
separate operating units that employee 105 associates
with annual sales of over 10 million combined. TTE
Production & Assembly achieves QS/ISO-9000 quality
registration.
2005 - TTE
establishes precision machining line to support the
Toyota Corolla and Matrix cylinder head cover.
2008 - TTE
Producting Machining & Assembly Division is renamed TTE
Precision Machining Division to better reflect the
quality of our production machining. The PM
Division installs its first robot assisted production
line to manufacture an oil pump cover for the Toyota
Tundra and Sequoia vehicles. The Tennessee Tool & Engineering ISO certification was upgraded
to ISO 9001:2008.
Our ISO 9001:2008 Certificate
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