Cookeville, TN location to welcome visitors with ribbon-cutting ceremony and luncheon Oct. 26, 2005.

Marking a new chapter in the 32 year history of MP Components will be the official grand opening of their new Cookeville, TN manufacturing facility, complete with ribbon-cutting ceremony and catered BBQ.

The building at 1805 Lemon Farris Road in Cookeville (just off Highway 111 in the Lemon Farris Industrial Park), was recently completed and is already processing customer orders. MP Components manufactures molds, checking fixtures, gauges, and machines for the automotive, defense, consumer goods, and furniture industries, among others. It is expected that about 50 jobs will be created over the next 5 years.

MP Components of Grand Rapids, Mich., is a 32-year-old company started by Otto Schlatter and Larry Wiersma in 1973 as Model Pattern Co. with the purpose of making high quality models, patterns and prototypes.

Otto Schlatter, along with sons Joe and John, who now run the family-owned business will be present for the ceremony and available to lead tours of the facility and explain manufacturing capabilities.

For more information, or to arrange to attend, please contact Dianne Callahan at the Cookesville Chamber of Commerce. (931) 526-2211