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By DAVID R. ROSS
Houston County Editor
Workforce Essentials and the Houston County Career Center will be working on behalf of Perdue Acoustics in accepting applications for employment for the new factory.
Jay Perdue, and his wife Vicki Perdue, owners and managers of Perdue Acoustics, of Amarillo, Texas recently purchased the old Southern Gage Building in Erin. They plan to make acoustic panels at the factory site and expect to employee more than 40 people by this time next year.
The company is looking for applicants capable of lifting 50 pounds on a regular basis.
They are looking for applicants with a valid drivers license and who are insurable, according to Marie Berryman of WorkForce Essentials.
Applicants must be comfortable with working on and around scaffolding.
They are looking for applicants who are willing to work out of town for one week per month.
Construction experience is welcomed.
Hiring for Perdue Acoustics is being conducted now, Berryman said.
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It is with this sense of urgency that all potential employees are encouraged to secure an application now through the Houston County Career Center and WorkForce Essentials offices located at 155 West Front Street in Erin.
For more information, contact WorkForce Essentials at (931) 289-4127.
Erin mayor Rhyne Largent said he is glad to see the old Southern Gage building about to be put to use.
The building has been vacant for some time.
Several years ago the City of Erin looked at the possibility of acquiring the building and accompanying land for municipal purposes.
“We looked closely at the site, and while it would have served our purposes, it is good to see that the building and site will be used to employee citizens of Erin, Houston County and the area because we need jobs,” he said.
Now that the company has settled on its location in the old Southern Gage Building in Erin, swift preparations are being made to hire the employees needed to fulfill their orders for state-of-the-art acoustic panels and products.
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Southern Gage moved its operations from Erin to the Stewart-Houston Industrial Park years ago.
Since then, the once bustling building has seen little use.
“We were ecstatic to get such a nice building at such a reasonable price,” Jay Perdue said. “We will need to do some work to the building, but it will suit our needs very well. There is also plenty of land to go with the building that will allow us to expand when that time comes and we expect for that to happen.”
Vicki Perdue said she has been impressed with the accom-modating, friendly manner she has observed from Erin and Houston County citizens and other Tennesseans they have met while in the area.
“This is a beautiful friendly place and we are really looking forward to getting the operations going here in Erin and Houston County,” she said.
Houston County Mayor George Clark said the Perdue Acoustics Company has a superior product and a great reputation in its industry.
“We are looking forward to more jobs in Houston County and Erin,” he said
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