business almanac WILLIAMSON COUNTY
DIALED INTO BRENTWOOD A company based in the Czech Republic that provides callrecording and related services will use a site in Brentwood to market to and service its North American customers. Prague-based Zoom International develops and markets IP infrastructure and tools, including multi-media recording, workforce-management technology and quality assurance. Zoom’s applications are used in a variety of industries with high customer call-in traffic, including service centers, financial trading floors and emergency services to capture communications and provide analysis while delivering critical business information to support an organization’s decision-making processes. For more, go to www.zoomint.com.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
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ROBERTSON COUNTY
TAKING ITS CUES Before starting Olhausen Billiard Manufacturing, Butch and Don Olhausen worked for their father setting up and re-covering pool tables. The brothers started a company in California in 1972 moving and refinishing pool tables. In 1973, the owner of the manufacturing company with which the Olhausens were affiliated offered to sell them the business for $1,000. From just 35 tables a year at its start, Olhausen has grown into 250,000 square feet of manufacturing space in Portland in Robertson County, turning out 30,000 billiard tables and accessories each year sold through a network of dealers. In addition to several models of pool tables and accessories, the company now offers a Webbased application that lets buyers custom design their tables. Go to www.olhausenbilliards.com for more information.
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The American Bus Association has named the Rivers & Spires Festival a Top 100 event for 2009, the third time the annual event has received that designation. Research studies show that one overnight visit by a motorcoach group generates between $5,000 and $13,000 for a local economy in food, lodging, entertainment, shopping and tax revenues. The Rivers & Spires Festival features live music, interactive entertainment, activities for children and food on every street corner in downtown Clarksville. Rivers & Spires started in 2003 as a tribute to the returning soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division and has continued that heritage, with special tributes for the many soldiers from nearby Fort Campbell deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Go to www.riversandspires.com for more information.
WILSON COUNTY
CHARGED UP ON LEBANON North America’s leading manufacturer of electrical and electronic wiring devices has plugged into Wilson County. Leviton has opened a 450,000-square-foot, fully automated warehousing and distribution operation in Lebanon that will employ 160. The facility will service U.S. customers east of the Mississippi River and be a regional showcase for Leviton’s distribution technology and products. The company cited the location, quality workforce and available incentives as factors in its decision. Go to www.leviton.com for more on the company.
NASHVILLE