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.