The Mid-South is one of the country's most active manufacturing regions. Tennessee alone has hundreds of active manufacturing facilities. Alabama is home to Toyota's largest engine plant in North America. Volkswagen operates in Chattanooga. Nissan in Canton, Mississippi. Big River Steel in Osceola, Arkansas. Every one of those facilities runs controls systems, steam equipment, and motors that need service. Memphis Control Center has supported manufacturing facilities across the Mid-South since 1967.
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana are home to a diverse manufacturing base spanning automotive, steel, food processing, chemicals, electronics, aerospace, and general industrial production. The region is one of the most active manufacturing corridors in the South.
The Mid-South manufacturing base has expanded significantly over the past three decades. Toyota's Huntsville, Alabama facility is Toyota's largest engine producer in North America. Volkswagen has operated its North American production hub in Chattanooga, Tennessee since 2011. Nissan has a major assembly plant in Canton, Mississippi. U.S. Steel's Big River Steel Works in Osceola, Arkansas is one of the largest steel mills in the country. PPG Industries opened a $300 million paint and coatings plant in Loudon County, Tennessee in 2024. Toyota's Huntsville plant received an additional $282 million investment in 2024 to introduce new drivetrain production lines.
Beyond these marquee names, the region has hundreds of mid-size and smaller manufacturing operations — metal fabrication shops, plastic injection molders, textile operations, food processors, printing and packaging plants, and general industrial facilities. Every one of them has controls systems, steam equipment, motors, and instrumentation that need to run. Memphis Control Center has been supplying the parts and service support to keep those systems running since 1967.
From utility boiler rooms to machine control panels and VFD drives on production equipment — the full scope of controls and steam system service we support in manufacturing facilities across the Mid-South.
Most manufacturing plants run a utility boiler for space heating, process steam, humidification, or cleaning. When the boiler goes down in a manufacturing facility, it affects production, building comfort, and process operations simultaneously.
Manufacturing equipment runs on PLCs, machine controls, and motion control systems. When a machine faults out, production stops immediately. Fast diagnosis and parts availability are what keep downtime short.
Variable frequency drives on fans, pumps, conveyors, and production equipment are one of the most common points of manufacturing downtime. VFD failures are often heat-related and almost always urgent.
MCCs are the central nervous system of a manufacturing plant’s motor system. Failures in MCC buckets take down multiple pieces of equipment at once and require fast, knowledgeable response.
Process manufacturing — plastics, coatings, chemical, food — depends on accurate measurement and control of temperature, pressure, and flow. Out-of-calibration instruments produce off-spec product and waste material.
Planned maintenance windows are the best opportunity to replace aging controls, test safety devices, and stage critical spares. We help manufacturing facilities plan ahead so emergency failures happen less often.
The most common controls, boiler, and electrical issues we support in manufacturing facilities across the Mid-South — causes and where to start.
Reference for plant maintenance teams. Follow your facility’s LOTO and safety procedures before working on any electrical or control equipment.
Our technical guides cover the boiler controls and steam system components most commonly found in manufacturing facility boiler rooms.
KDM fault codes, lockout diagnosis, flame amplifier selection for manufacturing plant boilers
Series 67, 150S, 157S, PS-800 — selection, maintenance & 10-year replacement schedule
Series 180–3000, pressure/temperature selection for manufacturing plant boilers
Full PLC, VFD, control panel, and MCC service for manufacturing plant systems
We support manufacturing facility controls, boiler, and instrumentation service throughout the following areas.
Chattanooga TN (Volkswagen), Huntsville AL (Toyota), Canton MS (Nissan), and Osceola AR (Big River Steel) are highlighted as major manufacturing anchors. Loudon County TN now home to a PPG Industries paint and coatings plant. Columbus MS is home to Steel Dynamics’ flat-rolled steel complex (3.4 million tons annual capacity) and Aurora Flight Sciences (a Boeing company) aerospace composites manufacturing.
Tell us your plant type, what’s down, and where you are. Emergency breakdown or planned maintenance — we can help either way.
Memphis Control Center has been supporting manufacturing facilities across Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana since 1967. Tell us what you need — we’ll get you taken care of.
For emergencies, outside of business hours, call #901-604-7069
