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Axel opens new Knoxville campus, highlights local hiring and rapid growth

Economic and Community Development · November 26, 2025
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Summary

At a Knoxville ribbon-cutting, event speakers said Axel’s new campus will expand local hiring and that the company has grown from eight employees to more than 1,000; speakers credited community support and emphasized opportunities for University of Tennessee graduates.

At a ribbon-cutting in Knoxville, Speaker 1 said the new Axel campus will bring jobs and local opportunity, noting the project was started by "a couple people with a passion" who chose to hire locally.

Speaker 2 described the campus’ intended scale, saying it "will allow us to expand and grow up to 12 to 1,300 people," and emphasized hiring from the University of…

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