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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter and Malibu Boats officials announced the company will invest $75 million to expand manufacturing operations in
Nashville, TN - The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has been awarded a $23.7 million Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced on Monday that Malibu Boats will be expanding operations to East Tennessee.
The new Lenoir City Malibu Boats, LLC, location will be the company's second plant outside of its headquarters in Loudon.
When Purdue Pharma first began sales of OxyContin in the late 1990s, it was advertised as relief for cancer patients and people with chronic pain. Aggressive marketing fueled the drug's popularity, along with that of other opioid pain management drugs on the market. But as the company touted OxyContin to physicians, it downplayed the drug's addictiveness, according to confidential Justice Department reports obtained by news organizations, leading to widespread use that has fueled an opioid epidemic across the U.S.