ATLANTA -- Siemens Energy & Automation today completed of the sale of its electronics manufacturing center business to EPIC Technologies. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.

Effective today, all current employees will transfer to EPIC. The two plants, located in Johnson City, TN, and South Lebanon, OH,  employ a combined 500 workers.

Siemens purchased the Johnson City facility in 1991 from Texas Instruments, and acquired the South Lebanon operations from Eaton Corp. in 2000.

The sites manufacture electronics assemblies and other devices. EPIC will continue contract manufacturing at the facilities and will assume responsibility for Siemens' current orders.

"We are highly committed to maintaining the level of quality and customer service that EMC established under the Siemens brand and look forward to bringing a high level of lean manufacturing efficiency and EMS industry expertise to these operations," said John Sammut, president and CEO of EPIC, in a press release.