Greenworks opens manufacturing plant in Tennessee

Greenworks Commercial, a provider of lithium-ion battery-operated, zero-emission outdoor power equipment, has opened a 180,000-sq.-ft. Commercial Center of Excellence for Manufacturing and Engineering in Morristown, Tenn., its first in North America.

The $25 million facility will manufacture commercial and residential lithium-ion battery ride-on mowers, with the annual production capacity increasing from 30,000 to 80,000 mowers by 2025. The company expects the plant to create more than 150 jobs by the end of 2023 and up to 400 more by 2025.

The facility currently houses two AGV-based assembly lines; five fully robotic welding stations for welding vehicle chassis; equipment for tube and sheet metal laser cutting, stamping, and CNC tube bending; a shot blasting metal preparation center and powder coating line; a final inspection station including a light tunnel; and an exterior bumper and track test facility.

Planned expansions for late 2023 and early 2024 include installation of an e-coating workshop and an injection molding center; automatic assembly lines for large commercial-grade battery modules for ride-on mowers and battery packs for commercial hand-held and walk-behind product lines; manufacturing of commercial walk-behind mowers; and a parts and service warehouse.