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Kingsport Getting 450 Manufacturing Jobs

Ireland-based C&F Group, an auto exterior trim supplier, will invest $12.5 million in the Tennessee facility, its first U.S. location.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- State officials say 450 jobs will be created over four years in Kingsport, Tenn., after an Ireland-based company locates a manufacturing facility in Sullivan County.

C&F Group, an auto exterior trim supplier, will invest $12.5 million in the facility, its first U.S. location.

Gov. Bill Haslam described the jobs as "good paying."

The company said in a state news release that more than 20 locations were considered for the facility.

Officials said recruiting the company took 18 months.