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== Economy == With thirteen [[Fortune 500]] manufacturers, Cleveland has the fifth largest industrial economy in Tennessee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clevelandtn.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=17|title=Welcome to Cleveland, Tennessee!|date=November 2, 2012|website=clevelandtn.gov|access-date=July 6, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805013523/https://www.clevelandtn.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=17|archive-date=August 5, 2013}}</ref> Cleveland is home to a variety of industries, including household [[cooking]] equipment, [[foodstuff]], [[textile]]s, [[furniture]], [[storage batteries]], [[pharmaceutical]]s, industrial [[cleaning product]]s, [[photographic processing]], [[industrial chemistry|industrial]] and domestic [[Chemical industry|chemical]]s, and [[Automotive engineering|automotive parts]].<ref name="Archived copy">{{cite web|url=https://www.clevelandchamber.com/economic_dev/top_20.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=December 29, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060323055326/http://www.clevelandchamber.com/economic_dev/top_20.htm |archive-date=March 23, 2006 }} Cleveland Chamber of Commerce</ref> Major employers include [[Whirlpool Corporation|Whirlpool]], Johnston [[Coca-Cola]], [[Mars, Incorporated]], [[Procter & Gamble]], [[Duracell]], [[Hardwick Clothes]], and Cleveland Chair Company.<ref name="Archived copy"/> [[Wacker Chemie|Wacker Polysilicon]], [[Olin Corporation]], [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], and Arch Chemicals have factories and distribution centers in [[Charleston, Tennessee|Charleston]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pare|first1=Mike|title=Wacker starts work on $150 million plant expansion in Bradley County|url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2017/jun/02/wacker-starts-work-150-million-plant-expansion/431418/|access-date=October 26, 2017|work=Chattanooga Times-Free Press|date=June 2, 2017}}</ref> [[Resolute Forest Products]], formerly [[Bowater]], has a plant across the river from Charleston in [[Calhoun, Tennessee|Calhoun]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Flessner|first1=Dave|title=Paper mill in Calhoun, Tenn., once known as Bowater, idles its last newsprint machine |url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2013/mar/13/calhoun-plant-idles-newsprint-machine/102266/|access-date=November 11, 2017|work=[[Chattanooga Times Free Press]]|date=March 13, 2013}}</ref> Agriculture in Bradley County has an annual market value of over $105 million.<ref name=nass17/> Bradley County ranks second in the state for the production of [[poultry]] and [[broilers]], most of which is raised in the southern half of the county.<ref name=nass17>{{cite web |url=https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2017/Online_Resources/County_Profiles/Tennessee/cp47011.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2017/Online_Resources/County_Profiles/Tennessee/cp47011.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live |title=Bradley County, Tennessee - 2017 Census of Agriculture |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2018 |website=National Agricultural Statistics Service |publisher=U.S. Department of Agriculture |access-date=July 3, 2021}}</ref> Bradley County is also home to farms which raise beef cattle, dairy, and crops, such as corn, soybeans, and fruits and vegetables.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/County_Profiles/Tennessee/cp47011.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/County_Profiles/Tennessee/cp47011.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=County Profile: Bradley County, Tennessee|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2012|website=agcensus.usda.gov|publisher=[[U.S. Department of Agriculture]]|access-date=June 18, 2018}}</ref>
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