B&J Machine Works

ABB is one of the leading suppliers of industrial robots in Alamo, Tenn. The company also provides robotic software, peripheral equipment and modular manufacturing cells. It offers services for tasks, such as welding, handling, assembly, painting, finishing, picking, packing, palletizing and machine tending. The company serves a variety of markets, including automotive, plastics, metal fabrication, foundry, electronics, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage industries. ABB has installed more than 150,000 robots worldwide. In addition, the company s ABB Lummus Global, designs and supplies production facilities, refineries and petrochemical plants. ABB is a part of the ABB Group of companies that operates in around 100 countries and employs more than 100,000 people.

Electric Research and Manufacturing Cooperative, a subsidiary of Arkansas Electric Cooperative, is a transformer manufacturing facility located in Dyersburg, Tenn. The facility is certified to the ISO-9000/2000 quality standard. In 2000, ERMCO began production of three phase padmounted transformers in a facility adjacent to the single-phase plant. ERMCO manufactures single-phase transformers in both the polemount and padmount design. The kilovolt-ampere range on polemount transformers is 5 kVA through 250 kVA and on padmounts the range is 10 kVA through 167 kVA. ERMCO manufactures three phase padmount transformers from 30 kVA through 1500 kVA. ERMCO's components include circuit breakers, fuses, fuse holders, bushings, switches and tap changers.