Editing Nashville, Illinois (section)

== Major employers ==
A few manufacturing businesses have sites in Nashville. Nascote Industries is an automobile parts manufacturer that is part of [[Magna International]]; its Nashville plant was established in 1985<ref>{{cite web|url=http://automotiveoem.com/Nascote-Industries-Inc_-1882347790|title=Nascote Industries, Inc. located in Nashville, Illinois|work=Automotive OEM |access-date=August 16, 2018}}</ref> and employs over 1,000 people.<ref name="the southern"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thesouthern.com/business/southern-business-journal/here-are-the-companies-that-employ-the-most-people-in/article_d0e6b7b3-eaa9-514e-a0b3-91c79f887d6b.html|title=Here are the companies that employ the most people in Southern Illinois|date=January 9, 2017|work= [[The Southern Illinoisan]]  | access-date=August 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nash-news.com/2017/11/28/washington-county-high-schools-visit-nascote-industries-part-manufacturing-month/|title=Washington County High Schools Visit Nascote Industries As Part Of Manufacturing Month|author=<!-- editor -->|date=November 28, 2017|work=The Nashville News | access-date=August 16, 2018}}</ref> [[Grupo Antolin]] owns the other auto parts manufacturing plant in Nashville, employing 522 people as of 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nash-news.com/2018/04/26/grupo-antolin-vice-chair-visits-nashville-factory/|title=Grupo Antolin Vice Chair Visits Nashville Factory|author=<!-- editor --> | date=April 26, 2018 | work=The Nashville News | access-date=August 16, 2018}}</ref> The second plant was originally established in 1987 as Ligma Corporation, a joint venture between Magna International and Lignotock G.m.b.H. of Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/11/13/southern-illinois-town-snares-second-auto-parts-plant/|title=Southern Illinois Town Snares Second Auto Parts Plant|first=Jean | last=Davidson | date=November 13, 1987 | work=[[The Chicago Tribune]] | access-date=August 16, 2018}}</ref><ref name="the southern"/> Norrenberns Truck Service, a trucking and warehouse outfit that was founded in 1925,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=22355748 | title=Company Overview of Norrenberns Truck Service, Inc. | access-date=August 16, 2018 | work=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] }}</ref> was acquired in 1981 as a one-truck operation, moved to Nashville a few years later, where it has since expanded to 130 trucks and a staff of 275 people in 2004.<ref name="the southern"/> Prior to Ligma and Nascote Industries, the town's biggest employer was National Mine Service Company (now part of the [[Marmon Group]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=22968373|title=Company Overview of National Mine Service Co. Inc. | work=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] | access-date=August 16, 2018}}</ref> which shut down operations in Nashville in 1983 and put 240 people out of work.<ref name="the southern">{{cite web|url=https://thesouthern.com/news/opinion/still-going-strong-nashville-is-one-small-town-that-is/article_59c17ed8-f0ad-5e0e-b7f9-cd3c4a29e4b8.html|title=Still going strong: Nashville is one small town that is thriving, despite pressures of big-time developments |date=January 25, 2004 |work=[[The Southern Illinoisan]]|access-date=August 16, 2018}}</ref>