Crete Carrier Coming to Roane County
Tuesday February 13, 2007
Kingston, Tn. - Nebraska-based Crete Carrier will invest $5.4 million and bring a total of 50 jobs to a new trucking facility next to I-40 in Roane County, Tennessee.
"Roane County is the perfect location for us," said Karel Znamenacek, Crete executive vice president from his office in Lincoln, Nebraska. "We'll be located next to Interstates 40 and 75, where a lot of our trucks operate." Znamenacek said the site will include a maintenance operation, office and numerous amenities for drivers.
"There'll be an eight-bay drive through maintenance facility for servicing trucks and trailers. The office staff will work with drivers and recruit new employees. And there'll be numerous services for truckers, including a lounge, lunch room and even a bunk room."
Leslie Henderson, president and CEO of the Roane Alliance, called Crete a national company with a reputation for being a good corporate citizen," and a company that is "actively involved in supporting their communities."
The Roane County Commission approved rezoning the land from commercial to industrial, which was necessary since Crete's new facility will include refueling. The 26-acre site next to the Roane Regional Business and Technology Park was sold in a private land deal that took place without any publicly-funded incentive package.
Tax collections from the site are to add some $42,000 per year to the county's tax rolls.
Crete has 5,700 trucks and 13,000 trailers nationwide and is a "truck load carrier."
"That means we don't offload," Znamenacek said. "Our business is picking up product at a customer and delivering a full load to the destination."
He estimated than an average of 75 trucks a day will use the Roane County facility.
Contact:
Leslie Henderson
865-376-2093
